China Airlines - another emergency - (runs out of fuel ??)

Taiwan jet in emergency landing

A Taiwanese China Airlines plane has been forced to make an emergency landing at an airport in Japan, airport officials say. The jet was on its way from Taipei to Nagoya when its pilots requested a landing at Kansai, in western Japan.

There were no reports of injuries to passengers or crew.

The incident comes two days after a China Airlines plane exploded in a fireball shortly after landing on Japan's southern island of Okinawa.

A spokesman for China Airlines, Johnson Sun, told the BBC News website that the main reason the plane had to make an unscheduled stop at Kansai airport was that it had been told that the runway at Nagoya had been closed.

He said the plane waited until the pilots were told that the runway was open and then continued on to Nagoya.

Earlier reports said the plane had been forced to land because it had run out of fuel.

In Monday's incident at Naha airport all 165 people on board survived, with some escaping just seconds before the plane exploded.

Aviation officials from the US and Taiwan have been examining the wreckage for clues as to why the plane burst into flames, and are reported to be focusing on the possibility of a fuel leak from one of the engines.

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....never let the truth get in the way of a good story.

Planes aren't forced to land because they run out of fuel, they are forced to land to prevent running out of fuel though.

Nearer the truth in this case is that a JAL plane crunched some seagulls on the runway at Nagoya. This caused the runway to be closed whilst the remains were cleared up, hence the delay or diversion in this case.


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The plane was forced to land. An original Boeing part (kerosene pipe) was broken. Spreading kerosene set the plane into flames.

It was not a pilot error or other airline staff. It could have happened to any other airline.

All aircrafts have therefore immediately checked and pipes where changed on certain aircrafts already.

The plane was forced to land.
Really? All the press articles I read said the flight was a normal operation until on the ground and taxiing to the parking spot.

The plane was forced to land. An original Boeing part (kerosene pipe) was broken. ...


Perhaps the part was not "faulty" but overdue for replacement?
Manufacturers have very strict guidelines for replacing parts as planes age. This is why airlines that skimp on maintenance have problems. They push the planes beyond what is safe before maintaining and replacing parts.

The plane was forced to land. An original Boeing part (kerosene pipe) was broken. Spreading kerosene set the plane into flames.

It was not a pilot error or other airline staff. It could have happened to any other airline.

All aircrafts have therefore immediately checked and pipes where changed on certain aircrafts already.

You really are confusing things ttom. The CAl plane that caught fire was not the subject of the original post, and the cause of the fire has so far been ascribed to a bolt on the leading edge slats puincturing a wing fuel tank, nothing to do with a kerosene pipe being broken.

charming I think I will walk

. The CAl plane that caught fire was not the subject of the original post, and the cause of the fire has so far been ascribed to a bolt on the leading edge slats puncturing a wing fuel tank, nothing to do with a kerosene pipe being broken.

China Airlines 737s pass safety check

Taipei (dpa) - Taiwan's major carrier China Airlines said Saturday all its Boeing 737-800 jetliners are safe for flight operations after thorough checks in line with the emergency airworthiness directive (EAD) issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

"CAL has completed the inspection in a timely fashion to ensure that the planes are safe for flight operations," said the airlines in a press release.

FAA had issued its second EAD on August 28, asking airlines all over the world to check their Boeing 737 series within 10 days following reports of loose wing slats.

It issued the first EAD after a CAL Boeing 737-800 jet burst into a ball of fire and exploded into three sections after landing at Naha Airport in Japan's Okinawa in early August. All 165 people, including the eight-member crew, abroad the plane miraculously escaped.

An initial investigation by aviation experts from Japan, Taiwan and Boeing showed the slat of the right wing had come off and pierced the fuel tank resulting in the fire and explosion.

CAL said it has completed all the necessary inspections required by the FAA, and Taiwan's flight regulator the Civil Aeronautics Administration has sent inspectors to audit the inspection work.

CAL and its affiliate Mandarin Airlines have a total of 13 Boeing 737-800s.

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