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Chinese version
The number of traffic deaths in
Taiwan in the first three months
of 2023 is up 10% from the same
period last year. More than 800
people died on the country's
roads between January and March.
msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/taiwan-road-deaths-up-10percent-on-2022-taiwanplus-news/vi-AA1c1yRH
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CNN (2022-12-6):
Taiwan's 'living hell' traffic is a
tourism problem. Taiwan is
notorious for its dangerous roads.
Multiple countries, including Australia,
Canada, Japan and the US, have
specifically called out Taiwan's road
conditions.
"Many drivers do
not respect the pedestrian's right of
way,” the US
State Department warns.
The Canadian government: "Motorcycles
and scooter drivers don't respect
traffic laws. They are extremely
reckless.”
Cities in Taiwan share a major issue – a
lack of pavements and consistent
walkways for pedestrians, ...
Pedestrians are then often “forced” to
walk onto car lanes... The number
of people lost their lives to traffic
incidents in Taiwan is approximately six
times higher than Japan and five times
higher than the UK.
msn.com/en-us/travel/news/taiwans-living-hell-traffic-is-a-tourism-problem-say-critics/ar-AA14Xb2n
brief
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Liberty Times (2023-6-6): All top 5 main
causes of traffic accidents in last year
are Taiwanese' low quality in observing
traffic law and rules. To solve
this issue, the government needs to work
on 'hardware' facilities, strict
law-enforcement, and perseverance - the
latter two are not easy to change
because of Taiwanese basic culture.
talk.ltn.com.tw/article/paper/1586963
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TransAsia_Airways_Flight_235
news.ltn.com.tw/news/society/breakingnews/1768341
FTV
2018-10-22
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBR9Iy1HAQQ
(1)
train crash
New
York Times, 2021-7-19 (nytimes.com/2021/07/19/world/asia/taiwan-train-crash.html):
systemic
failures at a government agency
contributed to Taiwan’s worst rail
disaster in seven decades. It has
undermined confidence in the government
at a time when Taiwan has struggled with
a surge in coronavirus cases and rolling
electrical blackouts (ps:
CovID in Taiwan )
an accident waiting to happen - brief
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reforms -
Although some recommendations were
instituted, structural changes were not.
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politicians factors - politicians and
union, have shielded it from
accountability and prevented desperately
needed operational and management
changes...T.R.A. has played an important
role in the distribution of political
benefits ...Attempts to raise ticket
prices have been blocked by elected
officials who feared the political
fallout.
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prioritizing money over safety -
The way the agency is organized “may
cause business concern to be prioritized
over railroad safety in decision
making”.
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pic: No.1 "comment Taiwan transportation" on Yahoo search engine,
2021-8-9
(Chinese version); No. 2 "comment Taiwan
transportation" on Bing at 2022-3-28 (Chinese version) |
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BBC, 2021-4-6, New York Times,
2021-4-5,
Al
Jazeera, 2021-4-5,
Washington Post, 2021-4-3,
CNN, 2021-4-4:
Taiwan's
worst train crash in decades leaves at least 51 (50) dead,
and more than 200 injured.
The busy passenger train (
Taroko Express 408
) was carrying nearly 500 people derailed in a tunnel
after hitting a construction truck that fell
from a slope near the tunnel
onto the tracks in eastern
Taiwan.
The train was so full that many people were standing.
A passenger recalled
the train conductor sound the horn ( means a situation ahead), but the
train did not slow down, 6.9 seconds later, the train slammed into a
lorry that had slipped onto the tracks. (brief)
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reviews by local media
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The
China Times,
editorial,
2021-4-7:
This is a
scourge of lousy politics
instead of a human negligence
(這不是人為疏失，而是政治禍害)
。https://chinatimes.com/opinion/20210406004190-262101?chdtv
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United Daily, editorial, 2021-4-8: Each disaster is
resulted by Taiwanese culture of
undisciplined, careless and loafing;
such culture was resulted by Taiwan's
bureaucracy... https://udn.com/news/story/7338/5372849
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United Daily, editorial, 2021-4-5:
Taiwan train crash with 41 deaths (new number 50) / As soon as prosecutor found
it's a truck causing the deadly accident, Taiwan
government
immediately mobilized internet
army/online army to do media-framing， trying to shift all blames to the
contractor /concessionaire,
and even
the construction-supervision
company 「聯合大地工程顧問公司」，so as to lower
negative reviews on the government and Railway adm.
What a
contemptible！
those officials focused on shifting the blame, instead of
self-criticism ,
seeking improvements,
strengthening supervision management to avoid
next accident (this train crash is just a tip of iceberg).
udn.com/news/story/7338/5366026?from=udn_ch2_menu_v2_main_cate
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United Daily, editorial, 2021-4-6:
Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) sets up early-warning system for natural disasters
- earthquake, climate (strong wind, heavy rains , etc) and intruders (falling
rocks etc), why Taiwan railway can not do the same thing ? because the
government spent NT$ one billion on fighting China's pineapple ban, but failed
to spend NT$ 0.25 billion on the early-warning system as early as possible.
All dead-paper, actual execution is very late. The priority of Taiwan
administration is propaganda instead of human safety protection.
udn.com/news/story/7338/5367712?from=udn-catehotnews_ch2
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The Liberty Times, editorial, 2021-4-6:
The railway has no safety protection facilities, the construction site has no
temporary barriers and enclosures, the construction supervision is nothing ...
all highlight Taiwanese culture of carelessness. Every time when the
public forgot the tragedy, the government forget an all-round implementation,
till the next tragedy, the cycle never ends. Taiwan's political culture
makes politicians to only has a short-term plan
― please voters is
a priority, do simple things, and sweep all real problems under the carpet.
talk.ltn.com.tw/article/paper/1441429
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Apple Daily, editorial, 2021-4-6:
Complicity
Structure and cheating culture between Taiwan railway and contractors.
Those
contractors
were already overshadowed by some
scandals on
"bid rigging", but officials turned a blind eye to
them. The
internal control and audit system
are bad.
tw.appledaily.com/headline/20210406/ZQ32X7BV5BEQ7K3Q5PPAK7G7IY/
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Apple Daily, editorial, 2021-4-5:
To solve the problem, you must find the right antidote
―
all major accidents should be consequential to top politicians
.
tw.appledaily.com/headline/20210405/HWFESCVKDVC6DEBTPHQHMUUIMQ/
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Apple Daily, editorial, 2021-4-4:
The S.O.P for public constructions should be as strict and precise as that in
Europe or Japan. Make students to learn work ethics
osmotically
in national education.
tw.appledaily.com/headline/20210404/EZXPWNUCNRE6FM6FF23QHLIQWQ/
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UDN,
CTN, Apple Daily, editorial、2021-4-3:
Serious transportation
accidents repeat -
all are SOP ignoring man-made disasters,
no one treats seriously the warning message behind each
accident, The gov. is good at risk management and
focus-shifting, instead of preventive management in advance, all
these lead to tragedy again and again. The event is just a tip
of a iceberg, Taiwan should establish a culture respecting human
life.
Taiwan railway bureau
got rigid grading system and reform failure.
(brief)
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Apple Daily, 2021-4-10, editorial:
The bane of Taiwan- backward
infrastructures,
e.g., no
early-warning system
for railway train, pollution in stream,
dam, reservoir
deposition
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United Daily, editorial,
2021-4-26:
Taiwanese government does not dare to face the pressure of losing election,
therefore the fake railway reform meeting did not touch the core problems -
reorganization and price policy, etc.
udn.com/news/story/11091/5413093?from=udn-catehotnews_ch2
Other
fatal
train
accidents
ref. to
<New York Times>:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/21/world/asia/taiwan-train-crash.html
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2018 :
The
island's worst rail disaster in more than three decades. Taiwan Train Accident in biggest curve in
Taiwan Kills at Least 18 and Injures about 187 Others
( ps: CTV (中視新聞)
19:45pm, 10-22-2018, Prosecutor: over-speed might be the cause
of accident, other suspicious points under investigation
include "Automatic Train Protection (ATP)" being turned off,
abnormal track, etc; ps2: CTV 20:30pm, 10-22-2018 : speed
140km, should be 80km or 65 km)
United Daily News, 12-4-2018, editorial : Reviewing the
train accident is a shit, find out the truth? or cover the truth
? Taiwan's investigations of disaster (except aviation)
events have been always distorted, once judiciary and control
power are involved, the clarification goes afar ...
("普悠瑪檢討 簡直敷衍了事"
"了解真相 還是掩蓋真相"，
台灣災害調查情境，一直處於扭曲局面，除飛航事件之外，
一旦司法權刑事、
監察權行政介入，
純粹釐清真相即遙不可及) ... (brief)
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2011:
at least six people were killed and more
than 50 others injured after a tree collapsed into the path of a
tourist train also serving Ali Mountain.
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2003:
last crash of a similar scale taking
place in 2003, when a train serving the mountain tourist
destination of Ali Mountain derailed, killing 17 people and
injuring 156 others.
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1981:
a collision in Miaoli County, in the island’s
northwest, killed 31 people
Apple Daily, 10-29-2018: Taiwan's train
太魯閣號 brake acting up is still running on the railway
United Daily, 10-29-2018, headline news: Taiwan president: Find
out systematic problem !
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(2)
Tourist-bus
accidents
..................United Daily, 2021-4-10, editorial:
The death rate of traffic accident (8+ per day) is higher than hat of
many backward countries. Large-bus structure is problematic -
Jerry-built
or bad
safety specification.
So many gods are hidden in the detail
!! Taiwan Transportation
Board
should be unbiased,
e.g., In UH-60
"Black Hawk"
accident event, TTB's political incorrectness immediately was suffered military
pressure, and then be silent.
udn.com/news/story/7338/5378039?from=udn_ch2_menu_v2_main_cate
..................United Daily News 1-20-2020: The death rate caused
by traffic accidents in Taiwan is 5 times that in Japan.
..................United Daily News 6-12-2019: 42 died in the high way in
recent 2 years, do we have enough lessons?
2 days ago 3 died in <阿囉哈> bus, the government reviews the same issue again and
again ...
Japan, USA, Canada ... issued warnings to their citizen-tourists to Taiwan
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◎ Foreign countries' warning messages
Bad road designs, vehicles and motorcycle all mix on the road ...
Japan, the US, Canada issued warnings to their citizens again and
again, be cautious of transportation safety while staying in
Taiwan.
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Canada government also issued warning messages,
like bad drivers, bad road
condition, pedestrians not in orders, roads in mountains lack of
maintenance, riding motorcycle is dangerous ...
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Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association's warnings :( Japanese version as pic. left) as below:
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Taiwan has
"bus
exclusive lane"！
No other vehicles are allowed to
drive there.
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Traffic control for
holidays or some special time
. Only taxi and
tourist-bus are allowed to enter
some tourism areas！
● In single-lane
drive-way without speed-limit
sign you should drive within 40km/h，double
(or more) lane driveway: 50km/h！
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Out rushed
the car, particularly
motorcycles is possible to
encounter. Some
vehicles changing lane at will
is possible to encounter.
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On some roads without traffic
signs, be aware of pedestrians jaywalking
at will and cars out-rush at will
！
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Keep safety distance,
avoid an emergency brake ,
Beware of moving vehicles.
Using
hazard warning lamp in case of traffic
jam ahead.
Clear parking move.
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On high-way, be aware of
vehicles violating of safety distance and changing lanes at will.
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pic. from website of
Japan-Taiwan Exchange
Association
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台灣交通太可怕 日本美國加拿大各國早示警 |
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Tourist-bus accidents again and again in Taiwan ― The United Daily (2-15-2017, front-page):
So many self-criticisms in the past never stop next tragedy !
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2017 tour bus accidents
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The SUN, BBC (UK)
2-13-2017: "BUS CRASH HORROR!" , Taiwan's tour bus "has come under fire
in recent months over safety standards"...;
...................◆ TTV HD (14:21pm 2-14-2017), CCTV(China):
Taiwan laws in vain, lax management (administration)
makes disasters.
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Apple Daily, Editorial (2-15-2017): Such
a high casualty rate most likely ranks No.1 among all civilized states in the
world, public opinions and official blames are useless at all, because they saw
right through the government, called government's bluff ...
...................◆
...................◆tv.ifeng凤凰视频
"The most miserable
bus accident ( at least 33 dead ) in Taiwan history"；
Studies:
Taiwan's tour-bus problems:
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travel |
(1) Drivers overwork/overtime
― many work longer than the time-limits in the US (California
10 hrs per day) ,Euro. , Japan, Thailand, etc
.
(2)
The number of tour-buses
in Taiwan is about 17000. More than 90% (or almost
all) tour buses
are self-assembly vehicles. Taiwan lacks of
heavy industry's broad and firm base, travel business can't afford a
bus (body plus chassis)
made in Europe...
(3) Most tour buses are so-called fake or "pseudo"
double-decker bus ―
assembling bus-body made in Taiwan with Western biaxial
chassis
instead of high safety specification triaxial
automobile chassis, this may result in high
center of gravity
and accidents.
(4)
Most tour-bus
are
top-heavy & bottom-light, unbalanced
architecture
―
narrow vehicle width/length
( max 2.49 m, not Euro. standard 2.55m) being assembled with imported Euro. chassis.
(5) All Taiwanese self-assembly buses have never done rollover test.
Bus structure strength is not good enough ― the upper limits for gross
weight of automobile chassis is less than Euro. and American specification.
The related laws have never been amended for 30 years.
(6) Importing automobile chassis using for low power, commuting local Express in
Europe to make tour bus - this results in potential risk .
(7) not enough early warning
systems for those dangerous sections of highway. Many accidents
occurred on that curve where
"bus-crash-horror" happened at 2-13-2017.
(8) Lax or improper management/admin. for tour bus, for drivers
qualification for reg. certificate, and for driver's training mechanism.
(9) Vehicle examination or inspection
not able to be earnestly implemented.
(10) About 70% tour-bus drivers illegally/trickly reg. in bus companies (靠行) to
save cost, it is
a long-time corruption or
malpractice, some drivers are temporary
substitutes or touters.
(11) The government usually has not seriously put administrative law and regulation for
bus safety into practice. Old bus and overwork drivers are
travel agencies' two best (or only) ways to earn good benefit.
(China Times Weekly no.2035)
(12) Many tour buses don't have safety-belt, buckle-up is not the
law, some poor-condition chairs are fixed by iron-strings. Besides, tourists
are not used to fasten safety belt. /
above brief Apple Daily, Liberty Times, China Times, UDN, Next
magazine, Want Daily, ERA TV news, etc 2-15 ~ 2-17-2017
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Chinese official news (People Daily's Global Times 環球時報 7-19-2016 editorial) : Taiwan's tourism
system are flawed, how can they goof off year after
year?? tourists are gambling their lives if Taiwan still won't take any step to change
this ...
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People's Daily (China) editorial
(8-4-2016): Chinese tourists not dare to visit Taiwan in the future
without safety assurance / Taiwan tour disasters are sort of
man-made disasters ,
Taiwan tourism's major problems
include loopholes in
law and regulation、careless
mistakes in administration 、or
not-good-enough system of organization, other
malpractices are traveling load-bearing capacity (旅遊承載能力)、road-traffic
safety 、aviation
safety、road maintenance 、safety
standard for tour bus、Modified
Automobiles/Fix-up tour bus、Low-end
tour groups …
traveling accidents happening again and again open
Pandora's box, too many tourist victims reveal Taiwan tourism's problems, Taiwan
authority tried to do something (亡羊補牢)
each time a tragic accident occurred, but it seemed late and same kind of
tragedies never cease.
(brief)
...................● Apple Daily
(7-20-2016) : Since Taiwan opened to Chinese tourists in 2008, in total 90 Chinese tourists
died, 390 injured, 62%
dead/injury was caused by tour bus; The Guardian (UK)
7-19-2016: Taiwan tourist bus fire kills all (Chinese tourists ) on board...
Apple Daily (7-20-2016 head-page) : "The most miserable & tragic bus accident in Taiwan history"；
3 major problems in tour bus:
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(1) bus structure / United
Daily (7-20-2016): Taiwan's tour bus is vulnerable because of assembling Taiwan's bus-body with
imported chassis ; Hitravel.tv (寰宇新聞二台,
7-19-2016 8:16pm): Taiwan's assembled buses are top-heavy &
unbalanced in architectures, bus becomes weak tofu while encountering traffic
accident. TVBS : Taiwan tour bus bad welding ... details ref
to http://news.tvbs.com.tw/entry/319226;
(2) wires / PTS (公視) 7-20-2016: too complicated electric wires for
entertainment program, refrigerator, etc caused fire.
(3) dead lock / Liberty Times (7-21-2016
A3): More than 90% of tour bus install a dormant/secret lock in an emergency EXIT door
and
may block tourists escaping fire...
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How to survive in Taiwan's bus fire:
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Apple Daily (7-20-2016): Min-Chuan Univ. professor: In Taiwan's tour bus, the
best seat is behind the driver, and avoid the last few rows.
★ CTS(7-24-2016):
window breaker should be used on emergency EXIT windows (The Liberty Times
7-2016 : Legislator tests it may take 1 or even 3 minutes, depending your health
status ...), not good on others... it takes precious time...
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Next Magazine
(7-28-2016):
When bus fires, lower your body, cover your nose and mouth, no
jostling or elbowing or losing your head out, go to the nearest
emergency EXIT, window breaker should be used
on nearest emergency window, knock 4 corners, then smash it by your feet or a
fire-extinguisher, then escape after the whole glass piece falling down...
★ UDN on-lines
(7-21-2016): Leader of Taiwan Transportation Dept. expressed that In this year all tour buses need to keep maintenance records
on hand for
checking.
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...................● The China Times
(12-16-2015）:The PRC government (State Council Office for Taiwan
Affairs) concerned and urged Taiwan to take traffic accidents
frequently happened to Chinese tourists groups seriously.
(車禍頻傳國台辦促台重視) The UDN video (2-3-2016): Chinese tourists groups traffic
accidents in HuaLien, 18 persons injured.
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The China Times
(3-3-2016）editorial:
suggest using small or middle sized tour bus
with carbon fiber top/roof for safety for
trips to HuaLien.
201x tour bus accidents
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Serious accident in 2010
-
a tour bus fell into the sea in HuaLien, all
tourists on board were killed. (China Times, 7-20-2016 : a horrible
coincidence, the number of death in 2010's bus accident is same as that in 2016 )
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ps: Taiwan's train and high-speed train -
comparatively safe.
◆
Although Rough Guides (UK, 2017) reported "High-speed trains
will whizz you out of cities to steamy forests and jagged mountains",
however, tourists still need to take vehicle into the mountains/forest, in
most cases.
Telegraph (1-25-2017)
"The 50 greatest train journeys on Earth" introduced the
excellent and frequently scenic railway network to visit Neiwan, for traditional Hakka cuisine, and Tainan,
the Alishan (A-Li
)
Mountain Railway, was built to extract logs from the
forest but now provides access to a magnificent vantage
point for sunrise.
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Wikipedia:
3-1-2003 A-Li forest railway train accident, the biggest
ever disaster - 17 death, 205 wounded/injured。
Baidu: 4-27-2011 A-Li forest train accident again, Taiwan
media again questioned the safety of this train. Apple Daily (蘋果日報
4-28-2011): A-Li-Shan forest train (350 Chinese tourists loaded) accident caused
5 death, 107 injured/wounded.
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(3)
Taiwan's
aviation safety
-
...................MSN, Reuters, EuroNews, Mirro(UK), NewsWeek, CNN, etc (2-4-2015) :"Taiwan has had a
poor
aviation safety record in recent years" , full text pls.
click...
Taiwan's aviation
safety
...................Guardian,
12-22-2020 :
EVA air Pilot blamed for Taiwan's first
local Covid transmission since April...
BBC 1-2-2020, CNN
1-3-2020: Taiwan army chief dead among 8 in Black Hawk helicopter crash; UDN(聯合報),1-3-2019 headline news: The most serious army-generals air
accident in army history (國軍史上最嚴重將領空難); Apple Daily (蘋果日報), 1-3-2019
headline news: High ranking generals of army dead in most serious air
accident in army history, 8 dead 5 wounded (參謀總長殉職 國軍高階將領最嚴重空難, 黑鷹載6將軍, 8死5傷)
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No.1 "aviation safety in China"
(Chinese version : 中國飛安) on Bing, 2022-2-16;
No.1 "air accidents Hong Kong" on
Bing,
2022-2-16 (Chinese version)
pic. : the
sites-group was ranked No.1 by "air accidents China" on Bing,
10-11-2019
pic. : the
sites-group was ranked No.1 by "air accidents Taiwan" on Bing,
10-11-2019
pic. :
Taiwan aviation safety
(Chinese version
"台灣飛安")ranks No.2 on
Yahoo search engine,
4-9-2019
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National Geographic, 1-25-2020:
TransAsia crash review found: almost all pilots in a simulation didn't
follow standard operation procedure, pilot heavy work, and some problems
in TW gov. CAA (Civil Aero Admin.) , Air Force.
Apple Daily, editorial opinion,
10-11-2019:
What a shame of Taiwan's
aviation safety
records in the past, some major
crash-accidents already became
teaching materials for world aviation field and programs of world famous
TV channels ...
Recently, Taiwan airport ground
staffs made
mistakes repeatedly, two collision-incidents
within 3 days, six collision-incidents were
happened till present in 2019, resulting in
Japan Airlines, Emirates etc airplanes'
damage, the number and percentage of incidents
are larger than those of global standard.
politics out ! experts in !!
is that so difficult ?? (brief)
the sites group was ranked top 2
by keyword "aviation safety of Hong Kong"
in Chinese on Yahoo Taiwan,
10-10-2019
the sites group was ranked top 3
by keyword "Taiwan aviation safety "
in Chinese on Yahoo Taiwan,
10-10-2019 ~ 10-11-2019 |
| MSN, Reuters,
EuroNews, Mirro(UK), NewsWeek, CNN, etc (Feb. 4, 2015) :Taiwan
has had a poor aviation safety record
in recent years, including the disintegration of a China Airlines (2610.TW) 747
on a flight from Taipei to Hong Kong in 2002, killing 225. <USA Today>:
"they
(Asia's aviation safety)
are 10 or 20 years behind
". <Fox News>: According to the
International Air Transport Association - fatal crashes between 2009 and 2013
occurred Asia 18%, North
America 13%, Euro 3%. Asia is less safe due to
“less advanced” regulatory policies and
more inexperienced pilots. |
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pic: Ranking
No.1 on google by keywords "China aviation safety", "Hong Kong aviation
safety" in Chinese, 1-14-2017, ranking No.2 by "Taiwan aviation safety" in Chinese,
tests at 2.21.2015
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EVA air accidents/incidents/news
(0) July 14, 2016
― Taiwan's Apple Daily (7-20-2016)
reported EVA 747-400 Seattle to TaoYuan (Taiwan) flight BR25 heavy landing
resulted in dropping a piece of ceiling and light equipments.
(1) July 24, 2013 ―
According to <The Aviation Herald> and Taiwan's Apple Daily, an EVA air (BR 28,
B777-300) from Taiwan to S.F. USA flied with abnormal height (only about half of
normal height ) so as to go around upon San Francisco airport's request/inform.
Experts worried Korean's airline crash may happen again...
(2) Sept. 13, 2012 ―
An EVA air flight out of running-way in Taipei airport. (年代
evening news, etc)
(3) May 25, 2012
― An EVA air flight in Japan cancelled taking off because of
abnormal plane-body. (東森 afternoon news 18:15pm)
(4) March 25, 2012 ―
Taiwan's CTV evening news (about 7:06pm 3/25/2012) reported that an EVA air from Taiwan to
Shanghai returned for suspected abnormal cabin-pressure 30 minutes after taking
off, this scared 357 passengers. Some passengers told CTV that they don't believe EVA's explanation ―
it's because pilot pushed a wrong button. Apple Daily
News(3/26/2012)reported EVA air BR-702 found some abnormal cabin-pressure
signals, so dropped all Oxygen masks ( this made 364 passengers scary ), then
safely returned Taiwan.
(5) Jan. 30, 2012
― An EVA air (BR712, TaoYuan, Taiwan to Shanghai, China) was hit by a jetway
(passenger bridge) in
Taiwan's Taoyuan int'l airport.
(6) July 24, 2011 ―
An EVA air (BR807, MD-90, Taiwan, TaoYuan to Macau) engine smoked but don't let passengers
escape immediately, ( according to CTV evening news about 7:08pm ) CTI evening
news reported 15 passengers wounded, every passenger got NT200 (about USD6).
Apple Daily (7.25) reported every one got NT2200.
ps: It's an EVA's UNI air, but as far as I remember for
many years EVA air flies Macau, Hong Kong and int'l countries, UNI air
(low end of EVA air) was
for local trip.
(7) Dec. 30, 2010 ― An
EVA air ( A330-200 BR-61, Bangkok to Vienna ) made a forced landing in Ukraine
for abnormal cabin pressure. ( the Liberty Times 4/21/2012:
Air Bus 330's design problem )
(8) On 9:50pm Sept. 2, 2010, an EVA air (BR701 Boeing
747-400) with 284 passengers had 3 tires blow-out ( flat-tires ) while landing
Taiwan.
(9) On May 9, 2010, an EVA air A330-200 hit a
jet-way in Taiwan's international airport, caused equipment's damage, no one
wounded.
(10) an EVA airplane (BR 255) from Taipei, Taiwan to
Indonesia on June 2008 encountered clear-air turbulence , suddenly went up 300 feet,
then down 500-600 feet, passengers screamed and cried, Juice and wine made
a mess of all passengers' dress, the cabin is in chaos.
The caption (pic. below) of <Apple Daily> (most popular
news in Taiwan) at June 6, 2008 stated "Passengers encountered turbulence and got
hurt, criticizing EVA air's carelessness "
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(11) At April 15, 2008, an EVA air got an accident.
The caption below in <the China Times>(reported 4.17. 2008)
is: "EVA air got flat-tire", " landing gear up too early, the probability
of human's fault is big"
(12) Feb. 23, 2008: An EVA air (Boeing 747-400) from Taiwan to Bangkok smoked at
left side of seat 64A/65A after landing. The reason is EVA did not exactly
follow Boeing's warning notice about its cable installation may lead to problems
at that time, and did not clean floor-rug well.
(refer to the Liberty Times)
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EVA
air's UNI air accidents &
incidents (Taiwan)
|
date |
problems |
flight routes |
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May 10, 2021 |
Uni Air got a flat tire,
then returned Taipei and
took an emergent landing |
Taipei to MaJu(馬祖南竿) |
|
June 19, 2015 |
over heat (upto 928C) in right engine
soon after taking off , MayDay (S.O.S.) 3
times, turned it off, emergent returned |
Flight B7-881 MD90, SongSan Taipei (台北)Taiwan to JinMun ( 金門) |
|
Feb. 7, 2011 |
left engine abnormal, emergency landing, delayed 2+
hrs. |
Flight 871 DH-8, Kaohsiung Taiwan to JinMun( 金門) |
|
Aug. 1, 2010 |
passengers waited 4 hours for emergency (parts
problem) |
MD90 jet, Kaohsiung Taiwan to Korea |
|
Mar. 24, 2009 |
returned, for flat tire ( tires blow-out ) |
DH-8, Taipei to MaJu(馬祖) |
|
Feb. 4, 2009 |
left engine burning & smoking |
DH-8, PunHu to Tainan Taiwan |
|
May 9, 2007 |
braking system problem |
MD90 jet, JinMun to Taipei |
|
Feb. 8, 2007 |
right engine problem, emergency landing |
DH-8, Tainan Taiwan to Punhu (澎湖) |
|
Jan. 8, 2007 |
mechanical problem, emergency returned |
DH-8, Taipei to MaJu |
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China Airlines crashes/accidents/incidents/news
(Taiwan)
(1) The China Airlines CI-611 Boeing 747-200
(Taiwan to Hong Kong) collapsed in air and
crashed at May 25, 2002 for metal fatigue.
(2) The China Air caught fire and exploded after landing
and taxing at Japan at Aug 20, 2007, The Japanese investigation report
said at July 22 , 2008, that Boeing 737's design result in this accident, not
China Air's fault.
News (Aug. 16, 2008, <Liberty Times> of Taiwan & <Asahi
Daily> of
Japan ) reported Boeing provides with newly design parts for all Boeing
737-800 (totally about 2700 planes ).
(3) Dec. 8, 2007: A China Airline to the US
found a cabin door was not closed after taking off and then emergency returned.
Taiwan's Civil Aviation Authority said this Rashomon was not a flight
safety event. reported by CNA.
(4) The China Air (A340-300, C1160) got FOD (foreign object
damage) while landing Seoul Korea. (Aug. 15, 2008)
ps On May 18, 2010, Taiwan's China Airlines was accused of
discriminating job-seekers : this state-run company sets up a height requirement
for applicants .
(5) Sept. 20, 2008 : The China Airline CI-687
encountered turbulence and caused 24 persons injury because of human's errors.
(6) Oct. 2, 2008 : The China Airline CI-641
encountered turbulence and caused 5 persons injury because the pilots did not
keep safe distance with trouble area.
(7) The China Airlines CI-641's turbulence
accident at Sept. 20, 2009 ( Hong Kong to Thailand ), induced by human (pilots)
error (didn't keep a safety distance with cumulonimbus - c.b. ), causing 5 passengers
severe injuries, 35 minor injuries.
(8) The China Airlines CI-112 (Boeing 737-800) flying from Taiwan to
Japan at July 22, 2010 had an accident ( suddenly dropped about 20000 ),
then returned TaoYuan int'l airport.
ps: Investigation founded at April 29, 2011 that
parts and human errors etc caused this incident.
(9) A flight CI100 (A330-300) from Taiwan to Tokyo
(Japan) at Nov. 4, 2010 returned Taoyuan int'l airport for abnormal
engine's signals found in half way, no passengers injured, only to delay 3
hours.
(10) The China Airlines CI-100 from Taoyuan Taiwan to Tokyo
at Jan. 24, 2011 returned about 30 minutes after taking off for left
engine (no.1) overheat problem, some passengers said they heard "bang" noise. (CTV
& 民視 evening news)
(11) CI 903 at March 19, 2011 from Taiwan to Hong
Kong returned for abnormal signals (seems mechanical problem, rep. by TVBS
evening news 9:34pm), the flight changed some parts after backing Taoyuan
airport (rep. by the Liberty Times, Mar 20, 2011).
(12) A 747 got flat tire while landing Taoyuan airport.
CTV evening news 7:05pm, Sept. 9, 2011.
(13)
Feb. 15, 2012: A China Airlines
CI-938 from Hong Kong to Kaohsiung Taiwan in HK airport
delayed about 1.5 hour, since a flight attendant's operation error
("hand slip") led to the cabin-door escape ladder suddenly inflated and
pop-up.
(14) April 2, 2012 : CI-928 from Hong
Kong to Taiwan air-condition over-heat and cabin smells, news reported some
passengers are unhappy about the China Airline USD50 for 4 hours delay. (Apple
Daily, 4/4/2012 )
(15) April 24, 2012 :
China Airlines flight
CI-2201 (from Taipei) arrived at Haneda Airport, Japan around 12:55pm (local
time), after passengers left, the plane sprang some white smoke ( oil
blocked, lubricating oil vaporization to produce white smoke ).
(16) Aug. 12, 2012 :
A China Airlines flight
CI-680 skidded out of runway while landing Taoyuan airport Taiwan, and scared 293 passengers.
(17) May 19, 2013:
A China Airlines
cargo CI-5254 (Boeing 747-400F) dropped 2 parts of the wing in the US and
destroyed some American's property.
Oct. 4, 2013: China
Airlines 052 has an incident (ref to Wikipedia).
(18) April 11, 2014:
A China Airlines
CI-7916 (Boeing 737-800) 緬甸仰光 to Taipei smoked and emergent landing.
(19) June 10, 2014:
A China Airlines
CI220 damaged its tire and a light on run-way for pilot's mistake before
taking off around 9 am.
(20) June 26, 2014:
A China Airlines
737-800emergency landed in
Japan's naha/Nawa (那霸)
for suspiciously
leaking gas (CTV 6.26.2014 7:05pm).
(21) 10-1-2016:
A China Airlines CI-704 from
Philippines Manila to Taiwan Taoyuan at 10-1-2016 is suspicious of plane-tail
bit scratching the run-way, a witness saw some smoke in the plane... (UDN
head-line news, 10-2-2016)
(22) 9-22-2017 :
A China Airlines
CI-075 to Rome, Italy, emergently returned Taiwan for its tire problem...
(breaking news, CTV 9-22-2017)
(23) 10-16-2018 CTV evening news :
CI-712 Manila (Philippines) to Kaohsiung (Taiwan) got a flat tire after landing.
(24) 8-9-2019: Apple Daily news (8-10-'19) : CI-278 left side
engine was sparking for 5 seconds before taking off, 156 passengers shocked.
(25) 5-14-2020: Apple Daily news (7-4-2020) A China Airlines
A330 CI202 Shanghai to Taipei , experienced failure of computer
landing system
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Mandarin Airlines,
Taiwan
Feb. 26, 2015: AE-364 took emergent landing for burnt smells (suspicious
air-condition problem) about 6 minutes after taking off. (CTV
evening news 19:01pm)
Aug. 17, 2012: as a result of (suspected) bad weather, A flight E-190
(made in Brasil)
of Mandarin Airlines
skidded off the runway, and
broken its nose wheel while landing Makung airport (from Taipei), 104 passengers
suffered a false alarm, but fortunately no one was injured.
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TransAsia Airways of
Taiwan
FoxNews (2-5-2015):
TransAsia has had 4 fatal crashes in the last 20 years...
May 6, 2016:
Apple Daily reported at 5-8-2016 that TransAsia's V Air (a
franchise subsidiary of TransAsia Airways ) from Taiwan to Japan
returned for small fire and smoke caused by passenger's cell-phone charging
problem.
Dec. 19, 2015:
CTV reported (19:08) a flight to Magong
(馬公) had engine problem while taking off.
Sept. 8, 2015: An
ATR72-500 from Taipei
to Magong
(台北飛馬公) right-sided engine abnormally leaked and landed by left-sided engine.
Sept. 4, 2015: An
ATR72-500 in Gin-Mun airport entered run-way without having
confirmation-approval, narrowly escaped from a collision.
July 8, 2015: GE210 from Kaohsiung
to Magong
(高雄飛馬公) ATR72-600,
gave up taking off for
abnormal system signal.
(apple daily).
June 22, 2015: A320 GE211 from PonHu (澎湖) to Kaohsiung
(高雄) delayed 2.5 hours for tire overheat, 144 passengers mad. (Apple Daily June
23, 2015)
May 21, 2015: CTV evening breaking news
(18:58pm) - a domestic flight (GE5042)'s engine on the left side did not work.
May 12, 2015: A TransAsia Airways plane
took an emergent landing in Japan (日本新千歲機場) for (suspicious) leaking problem
(TVBS HD, 13:22 pm, 5-12-2015)
Feb. 21, 2015: GE507, B22806 from Taipei to
Pun-Ho got abnormal signal after taking off and then returned Taipei airport,
each passenger got NT200 for this. (TVBS 18:51 pm)
Feb. 4, 2015: A TransAsia Airways (6702.TW)
plane with 58 passengers and crew on board careened into a river shortly after
taking off from a downtown Taipei airport on Wednesday, killing 23 people and
leaving 20 missing (till 2-4-2015). crashed.
July 23, 2014: GE-222 ATR72 Kaohsiung to
Pun-ho
crashed, till 7/24, 48 out of 58 passengers and
crews are dead.
April 21, 2014: B22816 new plane from Macau to
Taipei SongShan, abnormal signal of engine no.1, changed destination and landed
Kaohsiung.
April 19, 2014: B22816 new plane from Mango Thailand
to Taipei SongShan, abnormal signal of engine no.1, changed destination and
landed Macau.
July 1 & 2, 2013: United Daily
News: according to current understanding,
at 7/2/2013, a flight from Taoyuan to Okinawa, taxiways
takeoff, the gate attendant inadvertently touched escape equipment,
liferafts pop, resulting in flight could not take off, and delayed about one and
half hour..., 7/1/2013 another flight's
(Taipei to 澎湖馬公)
air condition was abnormal ...
May 21, 2013 Liberty Times etc report
TransAsia GE515（ATR72-212A）was in a going-into-a-stall
status in addition to engine fire on 5/2/2012, according to TW aviation
authority's report, the way pilot-crew did (hiding the facts e.g., return fly
with one engine) was dangerous.(復興中空失火
又三次失速, 且未告知機場管制人員發動機火警和以單發動機飛航等狀況，還出現迷失進場、未設定正確航道和失速警告等狀況，民航局官員說，復興航空飛航組員的作法不但違規，而且危險。)
May 2, 2012 : GE515 ATR72 from Taipei(松山) to
Penghu County(澎湖馬公)Magong returned after taking off 10 minutes for engine
(no.1) fire (very unusual,
one among 1~2 investigation cases about engine fire within recent 13 years in Taiwan ). (United Daily
News, 5/3/2012) This is the 6th time airplane fire
not caused by collision within recent 10 years, 3 among them are TransAsia
ATR-72 planes ... (Liberty Times, 5/4/2012)
Mar. 20, 2012 : 8 passengers have not on
board, the flight is about to leave for destination. (CTV noon TV news)
Aug. 16, 2011: B22812 - GE506 (馬公 to
Taipei SongShan) abnormal signal,
but informed passengers kind late, so that TV (TVBS, etc)
reported some passengers are unhappy about TransAsia.
Oct. 6, 2010: B22810 Taipei SongShan to
HuaLien (花蓮), abnormal signal of engine no.2, returned.
Sept. 28, 2010 : The rear part of a flight
from PunHu to Kaohsiung Taiwan touched the ground while landing.
(CTV evening news reported 9/28/2010)
Aug. 27, 2010 : A flight (B-22803, ATR 72)
left-side tire under cockpit rolled away apart from the plane while landing Jinman from kaohsiung
city in
Taiwan.
Dec. 11, 2008 : A TransAsia Airways flight got
serious tire problem.
Dec. 21, 2002 : A TransAsia Airways Cargo from Taiwan to Macau
crashed for Taiwanese weather center's mistake.
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Far Eastern Airlines accident/incident/news
(Taiwan)
(1) The Thailand Air and the Far-Eastern Air of Taiwan narrowly
escaped from a collision accident at Nov. 16, 2006, the investigation report (
<Liberty Times> Taiwan, Aug 16, 2008) states both Thailand airport and Taiwan's
pilot have responsibility.
(2) Feb. 22, 2012 : Tonlesap airlines signed a Wet Lease
contract with Far Eastern airlines in July 2011, but Far Eastern stopped the
contract at Feb. 22, 2012 (for Tonlesap owes far-eastern a debt of about
NT3000000 ) so that the flight to Cambodia, Asia delayed about 10 hours.
(3) <Apple Daily> (April 27, 2013):
A flight
(5/15/2012)from Taipei to domestic remote island (馬公)
had landing problem (卡在臨時跑道末端)
scaring 165 passengers.
(4) <Liberty Times> (Dec. 15, 2012) & <China Times Weekly>
(Dec. 14, 2012) reported there're 3 times engine-shut-off
happened (100.5.15 Taipei to remote island金門, 101.7.7 Taipei to remote island馬公,
101.9.22 Kaohsiung to China海口) since Far Eastern flied again in 2011, this rate
is 5.84 times worse than world average rate.
ps: Far
Eastern will bring a suit against some media for its "close(關車)" is not
"engine-shut-off".(
legal details pls. refer to Far Eastern Co.
)
(5)<Apple Daily> (April 27, 2013):
A flight
(4/16/2013) from remote island (金門)
to Taipei
experienced backup equipment problem (液壓系統失效備用設備液壓棒超溫警示燈亮起).
(6)<Apple Daily>(April 27, 2013):
A flight(4/25/2013)
from Kaohsiung Taiwan to China (貴陽),
the cockpit window seriously cracked (玻璃被冰雹擊出大面積放射狀裂痕),
the pilots still kept flying and landed in China.
(7) <Liberty Times> (Jun. 17, 2014): A
flight FE061 from Taipei to GinMun(金門) , failed to land and stop well by its
brake system, suspiciously for weather factor, details is under investigation.
(8) Apple Daily, 4-7-2019: FE622 from TW to Japan the day
before yesterday, the cabin was smoking 。
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Daily air accident/incident/news
(Taiwan)
April 2, 2012: The pilot of flight 7301 from
Ta-dong to Green island failed to pass alcohol test twice ( past the 3rd test )
and still flied to the destination, he was fired 2 days later.
(Apple Daily, 4/3/2012 & 4/4/2012)
4-13-2017 : A flight to 蘭嶼 hits the fence in airport.
ps: Taiwan is still excluded from the
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
- which deals with flight safety, till now
the end of 2010.
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PIC:
moving coffins and flying coffin
/ 2010-2017
2-4-2017 tour-bus traffic
accident again in Kaohsiung
Taiwan - 21 tourists are
injured |
