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Taoyuan International Airport’s north runway was temporarily closed off on Sunday afternoon due to an emergency: a passenger jet operated by South Korean low-cost carrier T’way lost one tire on landing. With only the south runway open during this period, many flights could not land on schedule, and three ran severely low on fuel. In just eight minutes, all three flights made the “Mayday” distress call, signaling a life-threatening emergency. Fortunately, all three eventually landed safely.

- Eva three-niner-two. Mayday, Mayday, Mayday.
- Eva zero-zero-seven. Mayday, Mayday, Mayday.

Many planes hovered and waited for their turns to land. Three were low on fuel and each gave distress calls within eight minutes.

- Taipei, Bauhinia two-six-zero. Mayday, Mayday, Mayday. Fuel emergency.

According to air traffic control records, the first flight to make a distress call at 6:52 p.m. by repeating the code word “Mayday” three times, was EVA Air’s BR392, San Francisco to Taipei. In less than six minutes, flight BR007, Ho Chih Minh City to Taipei was also endangered at 6:57 p.m. As for the third, it was Hong Kong Airlines’ flight HX260 from Hong Kong to Taipei. It was scheduled to land at 6:20 p.m. By around 7 p.m., the plane had a fuel emergency, prompting the pilot to make a distress call.

Yu Hao-wei
Former pilot
Yesterday there were flights making the “Mayday,” “Mayday,” “Mayday” call. It means that the plane’s fuel level had gotten so low that it could not last more than 15 minutes. Each plane has a different fuel load, so it’s not about the fuel volume, but rather how much time it still has. The distress call alerts the air traffic control tower, which will then grant you the priority to land.

Air traffic at Taoyuan International Airport was severely disrupted on Sunday, when a passenger jet arriving from Jeju Island operated by T’way, a South Korean low-cost carrier, lost a tire at landing. The north runway was closed as a result, from 3:52 p.m. to 5:35 p.m. In this 90-minute window, all flights had to take off and land on the south runway alone.

Yu Hao-wei
Former pilot
If a runway closes, then traffic on the other runway doubles, whether to take off or land. Consequently, many planes could not land on schedule. Also, the planes still in the air need fuel to stay there.

According to the airport corporation, 14 flights were affected by the incident, which they’ve also reported to the Civil Aviation Administration to investigate. Fortunately, all flights landed safely, including the three in an emergency.

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