China Airlines 747 airplane gets stuck in mud at YVR

A China Airlines Boeing 747 took an unexpected turn into the mud at Vancouver International Airport on Tuesday night.

China Airlines Flight 32, flying into Vancouver from Taipei, Taiwan, took a wide turn while taxiing on the runway after landing at around 6:10 p.m., causing the jet to drive into the soft, wet ground.

A YVR media representativesaidthere wereno injuries in the incident, and that there was no effect onairport operations.

All of thepassengers were off-loadedsafely, and were transported to the airport terminal by bus around 9:30 p.m.

The plane was later towed back to the airportaround 11:30 p.m.

The returning flighthas been delayed untilWednesday afternoon, with no impact onany other operations.