Cathay 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.
A 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.
China 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.
Air 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.
Hong 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.
Air 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.
A 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.
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.
Joy 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.
China 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.
Ikar 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.
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.”
