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    China Southern Airlines Plane Makes Emergency Landing in China

    China SouthernChina Southern Airlines flight CZ3081 had to make an emergency landing at Sanya Phoenix International Airport in Sanya, China, on the afternoon of July 3.

    The plane, carrying 132 passengers and 7 crew members, was travelling from Guangzhou, China to Bangkok in Thailand, when an engine fire indicator lit up and the pilot decided to land in emergency.

    According to the airline, 14 passengers sustained minor scratches while 2 others had ankle injuries during evacuation.

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    Cathay Pacific Flight Diverts to Urumqi after Air Steward Suffers Stroke Mid-air

    Cathay PacificCathay Pacific flight CX289 had to make an emergency landing in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, on May 7.

    The flight was heading from Hong Kong to Frankfurt when a Singaporean air steward Vincent Chee suffered a stroke. The plane was then diverted to Urumqi where it made a safe emergency landing.

    Chee was rushed to hospital while the flight resumed with a 4 hour delay.

    Authorities confirmed that Chee had died on May 12.

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    Joy Air Plane Skids off Runway in China; 7 Injured

    Joy AirA Joy Air passenger plane, operating flight # JR1529, skidded off the runway at Fuzhou Changle International Airport in Fuzhou, China, on May 10.

    The accident happened upon landing, when the plane was coming from Yiwu in Zhejiang province of China.

    The plane was carrying 45 passengers and 7 crew members at the time. Among them, a pregnant women and 6 men sustained minor injuries and were taken to hospital.

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    China Southern Airlines Plane Diverts to Beijing due to Medical Emergency

    China SouthernChina Southern Airlines flight CZ6316, had to make an emergency landing at Beijing Capital International Airport in China, on April 14.

    The flight was heading from Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province to Shenyang, Liaoning Province, when a passenger, Li, started convulsing and vomiting. The pilot informed the authorities and requested an emergency landing in Beijing.

    The plane landed safely after which, Li was immediately shifted to hospital.

    The flight resumed shortly afterwards.

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    Air China Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Hefei

    Air ChinaAir China flight CA1802 made an emergency landing at Hefei Xinqiao International Airport in Hefei, China, on March 24.

    The Boeing 737-800 departed from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport and was heading to Beijing when smoke was detected in its cockpit. The crew then contacted Hefei air traffic management and sought permission for an emergency landing.

    The plane landed safely and everyone aboard remained unharmed.

    The aircraft was taken for maintenance while the passengers were accommodated in another flight.

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    Bomb Threat Prompts Hong Kong Airlines Emergency Landing

    HONGKONG airlinesHong Kong Airlines flight HX337 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport, China, on March 10.

    The Airbus A330-200, carrying 295 passengers and crew members, was en-route from Beijing to Hong Kong when the airline officials got information about possible explosive device onboard.

    The pilot then diverted the plane to Wuhan Tianhe International Airport where it made an uneventful emergency landing.

    Authorities said the aircraft was thoroughly searched upon landing, however, no explosive device was found.

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    Bomb Threat Prompts Air China Flight to Make Emergency Landing in Chongqing

    Air ChinaAir China flight CA1336 had to make an emergency landing at Chongqing Airport in China, on February 25.

    The flight, heading from Nanning to Beijing, had to land in emergency, after a female passenger claimed there was a bomb in the cabin.

    The plane landed uneventfully and everyone aboard remained unharmed. A SWAT team thoroughly searched the plane but no explosive device was found.

    The woman was taken for questioning.

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    Vietnam Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Hong Kong

    Vietnam airlinesVietnam Airlines flight VN350 had to make an emergency landing in Hong Kong, at around 4:10 a.m. on January 4.

    The airline confirmed that the Airbus 321, heading from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to Fukuoka, Japan, was forced to land in emergency due to a technical fault in ventilation system.

    The plane landed uneventfully. All 184 passengers and crew members remained unharmed.

    The passengers were accommodated in another flight.

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    Chinese Passenger Pulls Open Emergency Exit for ‘Fresh Air’

    Xiamen airlinesA passenger aboard Xiamen Airlines Flight MF8453 opened the emergency exit door, just when the plane was preparing to take off from Hangzhou in Zhejiang province of China, on December 21.

    The Chengdu-bound plane was just about to move to the runway when the man pulled open the door, hoping to get ‘some fresh air’. The flight crew immediately closed the door, instructed him not to touch anything and moved him to a seat farther from the emergency exit. The flight departed as per the schedule.

    The man was not punished. The authorities said the 50-year-old man did not mean any harm; he was a first time air-traveler and mistook the exit door for a window.

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    Chinese Court Jailed the Pilot Over Deadly Henan Airlines Plane Crash

    A Chinese court has sentenced the pilot of the Henan Airlines flight which crashed in Yichun, Heilongjiang province of China in 2010, killing 44 people.

    It is believed that the ill-fated Embraer E-190 plane crashed in heavy fog after the main pilot, Qi Quanjun, decided to land without being able to see the runway properly. There were 91 passengers aboard the plane, around half of which were government officials. Quanjun survived the accident with serious facial injuries.

    After more than 4 years, a local Chinese court, on December 19, has ordered to jail the pilot for 3 years on the grounds of ‘causing a major airline accident’ and not properly evacuating the passengers.

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    Joy Air Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Northwest China

    Joy AirJoy Air flight JR1518 made an emergency landing in Yulin, Shaanxi province of China, on December 11.

    The plane, heading from Yinchuan to Taiyuan, was diverted after the pilot suspected release of undercarriage.

    The plane landed uneventfully and no one was injured.

    The plane’s inspection revealed that the landing gear had opened midair. The cause of incident is under investigation.

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    China Southern Airlines Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Guangzhou

    China SouthernChina Southern Airlines flight CZ3739 was forced to make an emergency landing in Guangzhou, Guangdong province of China, at around 9:40 p.m. on November 10.

    The aircraft was en-route from Zhuhai, Guangdong to Beijing, when the crew sought permission for an emergency landing. According to the airline, the plane experienced a mechanical engine failure.

    The flight landed safely and no injuries were reported.

    An alternate aircraft was arranged which departed for Beijing at 1:20 a.m. on November 11.

    The incident is under investigation.

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    Ikar Flight Makes Emergency Landing at Haikou Airport, China

    IkarIkar airlines flight IK-2474 had to make an emergency landing at Haikou airport, China on June 18.

    The incident happened when the Boeing-767-300 was en route from Thailand to Yekaterinburg, located in the Russian Urals.

    According to authorities, the decision to make an emergency landing was due to a power generator malfunction. The plane landed safely, with a delay of 3 hours from its scheduled landing time of 1:40 a.m. No one was hurt.

    Gennady Chuprov, the airline’s Deputy Director General for flight safety, said that 231 passengers were accommodated at a Wuhan city hotel.

  • China’s First Large Commercial Passenger Jet Faces Delay

    The test flight of C919, China’s first large commercial passenger jet, has been delayed till the end of 2015 due to technology problems.

    According to Tian Min, the chief financial officer of the Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (Comac), the assembly work will be started in the second half of 2014 and the plane will be ready for a test flight at the end of 2015. He also said that the planes are expected to be delivered to buyers in 2018.

    The C919, a 168-seater commercial passenger jet, was earlier expected to make its first flight this year, while the delivery to buyers was to begin in 2016.

    The Comac executives maintained that the delay has been caused due to the lack of plane-making technologies in China. They said they had to acquire the core components and systems for the C919 from prominent international companies.

    The Comac officials also confirmed that around 400 orders have been placed for C919 jets. Tian said in a recent media briefing, “Our plane will target mainly the domestic market and will gradually look to tap the international markets… We put a focus on cost control to make sure our planes are competitive on price.”

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    Bell #HelicopterCrash in China

    A helicopter crash occurred in Miyun county in Mujiayu township, China, a suburb of Beijing.

    The report was received from 11:40 at Beijing emergency center which sent a medical evacuation helicopter to the wreckage to transport the survivors.

    Jinhaihu Landscape Man Park Aviation Club was owner/operator of the Bell 407 helicopter in which flight training was underway when it crashed.

    Both injured pilots were hospitalized, one with hand injuries and the other with brain trauma. One of them died in the hospital.

    No cause for the crash has been indicated. The accident is under investigation.

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    Malaysian Airlines Flight MH066 Makes Emergency Landing in Hong Kong

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    Malaysian Airlines flight MH066 had to make an emergency landing in Hong Kong after its main electrical power generator failed.

    The flight was on its way from from Kuala Lumpur to Seoul when the main generator of Airbus A330-300 stopped working.

    The plane, carrying 271 passengers, safely landed at the Hong Kong International Airport on Monday, March 24, before 3 am.

    Malaysian Airlines maintains that even though the main generator failed, the plane’s auxiliary power unit was able to continue delivering electric power.

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    #9M-MRO Fender Bender long before Flight MH370

    This is not the first time we have met this Malaysia Airlines Boeing.

    Our first meeting with #9M-MRO was when it had a fender bender at Shanghai-Pudong International when it was taxiing and bumped the tail of a China Eastern Airlines A340 plane, B-6050. The Boeing wingtip broke off; and the tail of the other plane. Other sources list this as a different plane but you can’t argue with the BEA as a source. They’re French.

    The BEA lists it here http://www.bea.aero/fr/enquetes/2012/2012.semaine.32.pdf as
    “BOEING 777-200 9M-MRO AD Shanghai Pudong – Chine 263 on déterminé Inconnu 0 TP Collision au sol entre deux avions”

    Our usual aviation photographers at Airliners net don’t show the down and dirty photos any more, so we had to do some ground-level searches to find this. These are from the plain old internet, none of our experts so feel free to blame (or praise) the search engine. This plane was broken. But if it was flying okay the accident well over a year ago, then do we presume the site of the damage was as good as new?

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    Thai Airways Airbus Suffers Turbulence Injuring almost Forty

    A Thai Airways Airbus A380-800 en route from Bangkok to Hong Kong encountered turbulence just prior to landing.

    The turbulence caused disruption in the plane as things flew about. The seatbelt light was reported to be on.

    Of the 500 passengers and 26 crew, about forty people were injured and hospitalized. The flight landed with emergency services on standby.

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    Air China Airbus Sinks into Pitch in Yiwu


    Around noon on August 4, 2013, an Air China Airbus CA4538 A319-115 was taxiing for departure in Yiwu, Zhejiang, China to Chengdu when the plane slid off the runway into a pitch covered area.

    There was no damage reported and no injuries, but the airport was shut down, and passengers taken to Xiaoshan Airport

    74 passengers were aboard.

    The incident is under investigation.

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    Boarding Bridge Collapses in Hong Kong

    A Cathay Pacific Airbus A330-300 in Hong Kong China with 262 aboard was scheduled to fly from Hong Kong to Nagoya.

    After all the passengers had boarded, the rear boarding bridge collapsed, ripping the door off the A330. Passengers were able to exit via the first class bridge.

    Passengers had to take another flight.

    All rear bridges used at the airport are suspended pending inspection. The incident is under investigation.

    One technician was injured.

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    Beijing Smog Affects Air Traffic


    According to reports, pollution and smog grounded traffic in parts of China on January 23, 2013.

    Government warnings were issued for residents to stay indoors in Beijing.

    PM2.5 one of the worst pollutants was measured at 526 micrograms per cubic metre, or “beyond index”, and more than 20 times higher than World Health Organisation safety levels over a 24-hour period, and visibility levels were measured at less than 100m in some areas of eastern China.


    Flights cancelled:

    Zhengzhou = 100 flights
    Beijing = 33 flights
    Qindao = 20 flights
    Jinan = 13 flights

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    Cathay Pacific Flight Diverts to Wuhan China


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    Contact photographer Andy Egloff

    What: Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-367ER en route from Hong Kong International Airport to Heathrow
    Where: Wuhan China
    When: Dec 9 2012
    Who: 235 passengers, 12 crew
    Why: The flight was en route when the captain detected smoke in the cockpit at 1:45 a.m.. The pilot diverted to Wuhan Tianhe International Airport. The flight landed at 2:07 a.m. with emergency services on standby, nine fire engines, three ambulances.

    Passengers disembarked by stairs. No injuries were reported.

    Alternative transportation was provided.

    The Civil Aviation Administration of China and the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department will be investigating

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    Photographer and Pilots Lost on Mountain in East Taiwan


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    Contact photographer Sung-Yang Tong

    What: Dapeng Airlines Britten-Norman BN-2B-26 Islander en route from Taipei to Taitung
    Where: Missing en route
    When: August 30, 2012
    Who: 3 aboard
    Why: After departing from Songshan Airport at 7:25, the plane with two pilots and a photographer (pilot Hsuey Chen-hao, co-pilot Chang Ming-chin and aerial photographer Chien Yu-hsin) was on an aerial photography flight conducting a survey. At 7:44 a.m., the pilot requested permission to switch from instrumental to visual flight. After 9:14 a.m there was no more contact with the plane, although it is supposed to check in every 15 minutes.

    Around 10:15, the National Rescue Command Center informed ATC that an ELT signal had been detected. At the time, visibility was up to 10 kilometers.

    A rescue chopper spotted the wreckage in the mountains at 1600 meters. Weather conditions forced the chopper to return.

    The 20 year old plane had an airworthiness certificate renewed last month.

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    Air China Security Diversion

    What: Air China Boeing en route from Beijing to NY
    Where: Beijing
    When: August 29, 2012
    Why: Passengers aboard an Air China Flight were flown back to Beijing and told there was a “map display error or due to turbulence.” On landing, the captain told passengers there had been a threatening message. Passengers disembarked through security and were provided an alternative flight.

    Air China posted the following message:

    “Due to threatening information received about flight CA 981, to ensure the safety of passengers, this flight has returned to Beijing Capital International Airport.”

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    Air India Turbulence Response under Investigation by Directorate General of Civil Aviation

    What: Air India’s A330 en route from Delta to Shanghai
    Where: Shanghai
    When: July 5, 2012
    Who: 60 passengers, 11 crew
    Why: After 2 crew and 18 passengers were injured by turbulence, the flight crew Captain S.P. Suri and first officer Captain Rajesh Mulchandani, were suspended.

    Rather than diverting to the nearest airport, Kolkata, at the request of the injured, the pilots continued to land in Shanghai. The pilot reported only mild turbulence, and that passengers and the cabin crew were told to belt up.

    The severe turbulence which tossed around the plane was not reported. The DGCA has ordered a probe.