One of the tyres of a Taiwan-bound passenger jet burst while landing at Kaohsiung International Airport today, forcing the airport to shut down operations for more than five hours. All 98 passengers and crew members on board the China Airlines flight from Manila were safe, according to Taiwan media. Flight CI712 took off from the Philippines at 10am and was landing at Kaohsiung at 11:38am when the aircraft suffered a burst left main wheel and damaged the runway. Witnesses also told reporters that they heard a loud bang during landing but did not realise it was a burst tyre until later. Kaohsiung International Airport resumed operations at 5pm local time, according to a notice on its website without elaborating further.

Source: Daily Mail October 16, 2018 13:41 UTC