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Old 24th Aug 2010, 20:29
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from the Avherald Report:

Aviation Sources in China say, that at the time fog prevailed with a visibility of 300 meters. The airplane touched down 1000 meters from the runway.

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The airport, located 9km (4.8nm) from the city center, is capable to accept Airbus A320, Boeing 737 and similiar aircraft with a runway length of 2400 meters (7870 feet) and width of 45 meters (150 feet). The runway 12/30 features PAPIs for both ends, VOR/DME and NDB approaches are available for both ends.
If the visibility and available approaches are as stated in the report this one is going to get really ugly, really quickly.
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