SQ29 Hits Object at Taipei Airport
As long as you can see two wings out of the cockpit, I guess it will fly.
Taipei, July 19 (Bloomberg) -- Singapore Airlines Ltd. is
inspecting one of its aircraft after Taiwan's air traffic control
said the plane hit an object before take-off from Taipei's
international airport.
Air traffic control at the Chiang Kai-shek International
Airport had informed flight SQ29 that the plane's wings had made
contact with two tail stands, which are used to support an
airplane's tails when it unloads or undergoes maintenance, when it
was taxiing, Singapore Air said in a statement.
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Taiwan's Central News Agency said the airport authority plans
to refer the incident for investigation to the Taiwan Aviation
Safety Council. It cited unidentified airport officials as saying
that SQ29 had hit the tail stands after it turned into a wrong
part of the airfield.
Singapore Air said today's flight landed safely and was under
inspection.
"Based on the checks conducted in flight, the captain found
no abnormality with the aircraft performance and decided to
continue to Singapore,'' the airline said in a statement. The
plane landed at 11:15 a.m. in Singapore.