A Far East Air Transport jet with 93 passengers and six crew members skidded off the runway at Sungshan domestic airport in Taipei yesterday morning.
The plane slid off the runway when landing, said Chen Shang-chun (
Nobody was hurt in the accident.
Chen said the plane, inbound from Makung Airport in Penghu County, might have been diverted by bad weather conditions caused by Typhoon Aere. The company was looking into the cause of the accident, he said.
Travelers should double-check flight information before setting off today, as most domestic and international transportation was disrupted yesterday by the typhoon, which lashed the nation's northern area.
Four domestic carriers including Far East Air Transport Corp, Trans Asia Airways, UNI Air and Mandarin Airlines announced the cancelation of all morning flights today. Whether inbound flights after noon would be affected or not will be announced this morning.
On international routes, Cathay Pacific Airways decided to cancel six morning Taipei-Hong Kong flights. Far East Air Transport's international flights departing from the Chiang Kai-shek International Airport before 5pm are all canceled, and Trans Asia Airways canceled flights 351 and 353 on its Taipei-Macau route today.
As of press time, the nation's two largest carriers, China Airlines and EVA Airways Corp, had not made specific announcements on their flight schedules for today. However, most short-haul routes, including those to Japan and Southeast Asian countries taking off from CKS Airport, are likely to be affected by the typhoon; long-haul trips to the US and Europe should suffer less disruption.
Passengers can get more flight information from the airlines or CKS International Airport.
As of press time, the Taiwan Railway Administration had not announced train schedules for today. The administration shut the North Link Line (Suao to Hualien) and Ilan Line (Padu to Suao) yesterday. Trains on the western main line leaving from the north were all suspended from 7pm yesterday. Trains departing from the south were only allowed to stop in Taichung or Changhwa yesterday. The same changes may also be applied to services today.
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