What should have been a 12-hour flight from Britain to Hong Kong turned into a 36-hour ordeal for about 100 passengers stuck aboard a British Airways plane that was forced to divert to Manila due to Tropical Storm Lionrock. Flight BA031 took off from Heathrow Airport in London at 7.40pm, local time, on Friday (Oct 8) and was scheduled to.
Taipei, Oct. 11 (CNA) The Central Weather Bureau (CWB) on Monday issued heavy rain advisories for 11 cities and counties in Taiwan, saying they were being affected by the outer bands of Tropical Storm Kompasu.
Taipei, Oct. 11 (CNA) Offices and schools in Hualien County's Xiulin and Wanrong townships in eastern Taiwan were closed at 6 p.m. Monday in anticipation of Tropical Storm Kompasu affecting those areas into the night.
What should have been a 12-hour flight from Britain to Hong Kong turned into a 36-hour ordeal for about 100 passengers stuck aboard a British Airways plane that was forced to divert to Manila due to Tropical Storm Lionrock.