[The Raven]

Anchorage Daily News: China Airlines plane takes off from Anchorage taxiway.

A China Airlines Airbus carrying 254 passengers and crew members narrowly avoided catastrophe early Friday when pilots took off in the wrong direction and on a taxiway instead of a runway at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.

In its takeoff just before 3 a.m., the plane came so close to running out of taxiway that its landing gear clipped a snow berm at the pavement's end before it gained altitude over Cook Inlet and flew on to Taipei, according to federal investigators.

"I think it's safe to say disaster was averted by inches,"

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Aviation News: A China Air 747 was damaged when it hit a truck on landing in Manila...

[grannie9]

Just found this pic this morning. Scary if true.. ;)

[Trust but Verify]

Sounds like maybe we should revoke their flying/landing privileges in the US until they get some real pilots. This sounds series.