A China Airlines plane from Taipei made an emergency landing at Kansai airport in Osaka, Japan, late on August 22, Kyodo News said. There were no reports of injuries in the incident. The plane made the emergency landing because it was unable to land at its destination of Chubu airport in Aichi prefecture.

On August 20, a China Airlines Boeing 737-800 passenger plane burst into flames after landing at Naha airport of southern Japan's Okinawa prefecture. No one was injured. Investigations showed that the fuel of the jet was already leaking when the plane was taxiing to the parking apron.