Taiwan recalls 200,000 passports after including photo of wrong airport

  • 31/12/2017
Taiwan has recalled 200,000 passports which used an image of the wrong airport.
Taiwan has recalled 200,000 passports which used an image of the wrong airport. Photo credit: Getty

Taiwan has been forced to recall 200,000 new passports because they used an image of the wrong airport.

The redesigned passports mistakenly used a picture of Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia on their inner papers, instead of Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport.

The nation's head of consular affairs resigned over the blunder and a second official was demoted.  

Taiwan's foreign ministry has halted distribution of the new passports, which had already been printed at a cost of several million dollars.

The 285 passports that have already been given out are being recalled.

Newshub.