The incident took place at 1:24 p.m. at boarding gate D6 of Terminal 2. At the time airport staff finished operating jetway B to receive economy class passengers on flight SQ876 arriving from Singapore, while jetway A prepared for the business class passengers onboard when it suddenly collapsed.
No passenger or staff were hurt and all passengers alighted via jetway B.
The collapsed jetway was scheduled for maintenance yesterday morning after one of the motors inside malfunctioned, said Chang Tie-yuan, the deputy director of the airport.
The collapse occured when maintenance personnel from a subcontractor activated the malfunctioning motor.
"The collapse will have virtually no impact on the operation of the airport, " he told the Central News Agency. "We have shut down the boarding gate but no flights will be delayed due to the closure." The airport will conduct an investigation to determine to the cause of the collapse and a thorough inspection to all jetways to ensure passengers' safety.
This is the first time that a jetway has toppled at the airport since its inauguration in 1979. The collapsed jetway was purchased from a South Korean company for NT$10 million in 2005.
The jetway collapsed at 1.24 p.m. but caused no injuries.
The incident took place at 1:24 p.m. at boarding gate D6 of Terminal 2. At the time airport staff finished operating jetway B to receive economy class passengers on flight SQ876 arriving from Singapore, while jetway A prepared for the business class passengers onboard when it suddenly collapsed.
No passenger or staff were hurt and all passengers alighted via jetway B.
The collapsed jetway was scheduled for maintenance yesterday morning after one of the motors inside malfunctioned, said Chang Tie-yuan, the deputy director of the airport.
The collapse occured when maintenance personnel from a subcontractor activated the malfunctioning motor.
"The collapse will have virtually no impact on the operation of the airport, " he told the Central News Agency. "We have shut down the boarding gate but no flights will be delayed due to the closure." The airport will conduct an investigation to determine to the cause of the collapse and a thorough inspection to all jetways to ensure passengers' safety.
This is the first time that a jetway has toppled at the airport since its inauguration in 1979. The collapsed jetway was purchased from a South Korean company for NT$10 million in 2005.
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