Thu, Aug 23, 2007
Yeah, We Know That Isn't Really News... Spread The Word
This just isn't
shaping up to be a good week for China Airlines... and the general
media isn't helping matters.
Days after one of the airline's Boeing 737s exploded
shortly after landing at Okinawa's Naha Airport, a
China Airlines Airbus A330 had to make an "emergency" landing
Wednesday, when its scheduled destination airport was temporarily
closed.
The A330 with 163 people onboard was supposed to land in Chubu
from Taipei in central Japan. Just prior to their arrival, the
Chubu airport's runway was closed for about half an hour due to a
minor incident involving another aircraft, according to the
Associated Press.
The A330 pilot determined he didn't have enough fuel to wait for
the airport to reopen, and requested to land at Kansai airport --
located about 125 miles away, according to Maki Yamanaka, an
airport official. The aircraft landed safely, and was refueled.
Let's review the facts here: the aircraft's destination airport
closed due to unrelated incident... and as the pilot did not feel
he had enough fuel to hang around and wait for the field to reopen,
he opted to head to an alternate field and refuel.
In other words, a pretty straightforward diversion... and, in
the shadow of Monday's fire in Okinawa, it bears mentioning the
move was a safe one, too.
Sadly, many news organizations didn't see it that way. As of
this writing late Wednesday night, a quick search of Google News
for the terms "China Airlines A330 Emergency" netted 1,282 news
articles.
C'mon, guys...
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