armchairpilot94116
22nd Jul 2008, 05:27
Looks like an incident well handled:
CAL passenger jet makes emergency landing
CNA
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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TOKYO -- A China Airlines (CAL) passenger jet traveling from Hokkaido, Japan to Taoyuan, Taiwan beg
an to experience engine problems just before 8 p.m. Thursday and was forced to make an emergency landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa Prefecture, the Japanese Kyodo News Agency reported.
None of the crew members or passengers were hurt in the incident, according to the report.
The news agency said that the pilot of the Boeing 737 noticed that the plane's instruments indicated that there was a problem with the right engine at about 7:50 p.m. about 160 kilometers east of Naha Airport.
The pilot decided to shut down the engine and radioed the airport to request permission to make an emergency landing.
CAL maintenance workers are currently checking the plane to try to determine the cause of the engine problems, according to the report.
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CAL passenger jet makes emergency landing
CNA
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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TOKYO -- A China Airlines (CAL) passenger jet traveling from Hokkaido, Japan to Taoyuan, Taiwan beg
an to experience engine problems just before 8 p.m. Thursday and was forced to make an emergency landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa Prefecture, the Japanese Kyodo News Agency reported.
None of the crew members or passengers were hurt in the incident, according to the report.
The news agency said that the pilot of the Boeing 737 noticed that the plane's instruments indicated that there was a problem with the right engine at about 7:50 p.m. about 160 kilometers east of Naha Airport.
The pilot decided to shut down the engine and radioed the airport to request permission to make an emergency landing.
CAL maintenance workers are currently checking the plane to try to determine the cause of the engine problems, according to the report.
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