bentontaiwan: Day1 Tue 13/10 - Lcct to Taipei and The Unexpected U-Turn

Thank you again Mr Foo for sending me to Lcct Airport at 6am.Also thanks to his son Sean Jin who cannot make it due to not feeling well after long haul from London.
My airasia flight on Airbus 300 was sceduled to take off at 10am and expected to arrive at Taipei Taoyuan airport 2.40pm . Everything were smooth from check-in to boarding ,no problem and the plane also take off sharp at 10am. After 30min , the Kapten announced that the plane had to return to Lcct due to a minor technical problem in the hydraulic system. All passengers were told to remain calm and assured the plane will safely touch down in Lcct. Yes, everyone did look ok on the face,but who knows how their hearts feel. For me,a frequent Airasia customer,this is my first experience and frankly I feel worried as I don,t want to end here . I still had many many more places to see. Thank God ,the plane finally landed safely and all passengers were directed to the boarding room while the plane under repair. The start of long wait and packed lunch of burger plus mineral water were provided to all the hungry passengers. When everyone feel boring and tiring of waiting,came the announcement that the ill-fated plane was abandoned and replaced with another Airbus 300 scheduled to leave at 4pm. The new plane has no problem this time and finally arrived in Taipei at 9pm. John Chiang was my warmshower host and he informed me to take the Airbus ( NT 135) to Yongning MRT and then took a cab (NT 145) to his walk up flat on the 4th floor. We had supper nearby and shower before retiring earlier.