RoCAF C-130 broke down in Spratly Islands

A RoCAF C-130 could not take off from Taiping island in the Spratly Islands on May 26 after the maintenance crew discovered an issue with one of the flaps.

ROCAF C-130H 1309 Landing Down Chih Hang Air Force Base 20130601b
By 玄史生 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons

The cargo plane had ferried officials from various ministries to inspect recent construction on the island.

The situation was only resolved around 5 p.m. and the aircraft departed successfully.

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