CAL denies plane flew too close to Honolulu building
2003-01-06 / Taiwan News, Staff Reporter / By Taijing Wu
China Airlines yesterday denied an Associated Press report that one of the airline's Boeing 747 aircraft flew within 30 feet of a 41-story building in Honolulu on Saturday moring Hawaii time.
Roger Han, spokesman for China Airlines, said, "The United States' Federal Aviation Administration confirmed to CAL that the Boeing mentioned in the AP report landed normally at Honolulu airport according to the instructions given by the control tower."
Tweet Coleman, the FAA's Pacific representative was quoted in the AP report as saying, "We are doing an investigation on it, so I don't have any specifics at this time."
China Airlines also said yesterday it would further investigate the mattter...
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