Plane loses tire landing at Taoyuan AirportBy Shelley Shan / Staff ReporterThe Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) said yesterday that it would launch investigations into an incident involving a T’way Air plane that lost a tire when landing at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport on Sunday and three flights that sent distress signals afterwards. The tire failure occurred at 3:52pm as flight TW687 from Jeju Island, South Korea, landed, Taoyuan International Airport Corp said. A T’way Air plane is pictured at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport on Sunday. Photo: Chu Pei-hsiung, Taipei TimesThe incident caused the airport to temporarily close the north runway to locate the missing tire and to ensure that the runway and ground lighting system were not damaged. Separately, seven flights that were scheduled to land in Taoyuan were diverted to Taichung, Kaohsiung, and China’s Shantou and Wenzhou cities due to bad weather conditions, the airport said.

Source: Taipei Times February 09, 2026 16:09 UTC