EVA Air plane slides into snow at Vancouver airport
長榮航空飛機在溫哥華機場滑入雪中
| Passengers stranded on plane for 3 hours, flight to Taipei delayed 12 hours
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Passengers on an EVA Air flight from Taipei to Vancouver became stranded on the plane when it slid off a taxiway and became stuck in a snow drift on Tuesday (Nov. 29). On Tuesday (Nov. 29), EVA Air Flight BR10 took off from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport bound for Vancouver. According to EVA Air, the plane, a 777-300ER carrying 250 adults and three infants, landed safely at 6:42 p.m. local time that evening. However, due to heavy snowfall, when the aircraft was turning on the taxiway, the landing gear under the plane's nose slid out of control and the plane slipped into a snowbank. After being stranded on the plane for three hours, airport firefighters enabled passengers to deplane and board shuttle buses back to the terminal. The ground crew then gradually moved the aircraft back onto the taxiway. EVA Air stated that as a result of the incident, Flight BR09 from Vancouver to Taipei slated to take off on Wednesday (Nov. 30) would suffer a 12-hour delay. The company pledged to assist passengers in changing their tickets or switching to other carriers based on their needs. No passengers or crew were injured, and the aircraft is not believed to have suffered any damage from the accident. The airline stated that it was "deeply sorry for the inconvenience caused by this unusual incident." |
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| Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer | |
| 2022-11-30 |
