✈️ [2026-10-04] SKYTICAL Afternoon Air & Transport BriefingBETA
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🚨 Safety events & emergencies
No major safety event meeting the site's inclusion threshold was found in the checked sources during this 24-hour window.
🇹🇼 Taiwan aviation (civil + military)
This edition includes 2 item(s), including Taiwan CAA Fines EVA Air BR711 Captain NT$120,000 and First Officer NT$60,000 Over Taoyuan Tail Strike and TUI Airways 787-8 Makes Rare Arrival at Taoyuan, Believed Bound for EGAT Maintenance.
Civil aviation
EVA Air flight BR711 suffered a tail strike during a go-around at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport on October 4, 2025. Taiwan's CAA has fined the captain NT$120,000 and the first officer NT$60,000.
A TUI Airways Boeing 787-8 arrived at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport from London Gatwick on October 4. With no scheduled TUI service to Taiwan, the flight is believed to be related to maintenance work at Evergreen Aviation Technologies.
Military aviation
No ROC military-aircraft accident, forced landing or casualty report was found in the checked sources during this 24-hour window.
🌐 International industry news
This edition includes 3 item(s), including Pilot Benjamin McDaniel Recreates Mona Lisa in the Sky With Cessna R182 and British Airways Plans to Remove 88 Economy Seats From Each Airbus A380.
Pilot Benjamin McDaniel turns a Cessna R182 into a flying pencil to recreate the Mona Lisa in one-shot;
BA plans A380 retrofit; remove 88 economy seats per aircraft
Rome-bound United flight canceled after nearly 12-hour delay; passengers get $175
🚄 Ground & maritime transport
No major ground or maritime transport event meeting the site's threshold was found in the checked sources during this 24-hour window.
📡 References
- FAA
- NTSB
- EASA
- The Aviation Herald
- 鏡新聞
- 聯合新聞網
- TVBS新聞網
- AeroInside — EVA B789 at Taipei on Oct 4th 2025, tail scrape on go around
- AeroTime — EVA Air Boeing 787-9 suffers tail strike during go-around in Taipei
- Flightradar24 — B-17881
- Flightradar24 — G-TUIH
- FlightConnections — Taipei (TPE) routes
- Planespotters.net — PH-TFL at Taoyuan
- Evergreen Aviation Technologies — 2023 Annual Report
- 中央社 CNA
- 國防部・軍聞社
- Simple Flying — 'You Get One Shot': Meet The Pilot Who Drew The Mona Lisa I…
- Simple Flying — Why British Airways Is Stripping 88 Economy Seats From Ever…
- Simple Flying — United Passengers Stuck Nearly 12 Hours On Rome Flight That…
- Eurocontrol
📡 Sources checked
Coverage notes
· AI 搜尋補充暫時不穩定；本期仍依已查證新聞與來源查核結果彙整，系統將於下一期自動重試
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