TransAsia flight turns back with landing gear trouble

Taiwan News
Date: 2016-07-16
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – A TransAsia Airways flight carrying 171 passengers to Japan had to turn back to Taiwan Saturday due to problems with its landing gear, according to the airline.

Flight 606 left Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport around 8 a.m. Saturday for Tokyo’s Narita Airport, but according to a passenger, once over the Taiwan Strait close to Taiwan’s northern tip, the aircraft changed direction several times before landing back at its point of origin.

Ground staff at the airline said there had been a technical problem, and a TransAsia spokesperson later explained the landing gear had needed to be inspected.

Eventually, the airline mobilized another aircraft, an Airbus A330, and left Taoyuan again at 1:30 p.m. The flight arrived in Tokyo without any further problems, reports said.     [FULL  STORY]