http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/6958944.stm
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.
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.
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