Carrier denies flight landed on wrong runway at Taoyuan International Airport, saying the aircraft was following control tower’s instructions
A Hong Kong Airlines plane had a close encounter with another aircraft on the runway after landing at Taoyuan airport in Taiwan on Friday in what appears to have been a blunder by air traffic controllers.
The Hong Kong-based carrier later denied some Taiwanese media reports that its aircraft had landed on the wrong runway.
Hong Kong Airlines flight HX252 was carrying 161 passengers and seven crew members and left the city at about 9.15am for Taoyuan International Airport in Taiwan.
The aircraft was taxiing on the runway after landing at about 11.10am but encountered Hainan Airlines flight HU7987, with the two planes facing each other.
