View Full Version : Tough couple of days for China Eastern.
Lowkoon
21st Jun 2014, 13:01
"A China Eastern Airlines plane skidded off the runway at a Shanxi airport yesterday, just two days after another of the carrier’s planes mistook a side road for the runway in Nanning."
A 300m over run, after mistakenly landing on the taxiway a few days before.
China Eastern airplane skids off runway in second mishap in two days | South China Morning Post (http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1536293/china-eastern-airplane-skids-runway-second-mishap-two-days)
Comforting at least to see the company is not sure who should take the blame, but the incidents aren't very serious.
Sheep Guts
22nd Jun 2014, 02:15
Here are more articles on both these incidents.
EMB-145 on 19th June at Changzhi ZBCZ
http://avherald.com/h?article=476139c0
A320-200 on 17th June at Nanning ZGNN
http://avherald.com/h?article=47600634
Flying Clog
22nd Jun 2014, 09:54
Seems like a clear case of monkeys and peanuts to me...
:D
Lowkoon
22nd Jun 2014, 11:41
300 m over run, (three football pitches) he must have been going pretty quick when he ran out of tarmac! What a shame we will never see any results of an investigation, inevitably the focus will be who to blame, as the manager said in the article, not what can be learned both of these unfortunate avoidable 'incidents'.
Al E. Vator
22nd Jun 2014, 22:31
Flying Clog seriously?:
http://profemery.info/aviation/3.jpg
Lowkoon
23rd Jun 2014, 00:04
Glad you mentioned BKK Al, will be an interesting comparison to compare how both organisations and regulators handle the 'incidents'.
"No hull loss to see here... move along"
China Flyer
23rd Jun 2014, 02:14
So sometimes you get monkeys anyway!
Max Reheat
23rd Jun 2014, 03:30
Have you guys read the Nanning Approach Chart? As posted above by Sheep Guts.
"DME distances in Nautical Miles, Distances in KM!"
The speed limit in top right hand corner in KMH
Wow. I'd challenge anyone to get his head round all those changes in units.
Is there a pin change in the Airbus/Boeing software that allows speed to be displayed in KMH?
Dan Winterland
23rd Jun 2014, 23:22
Is there a pin change in the Airbus/Boeing software that allows speed to be displayed in KMH?
No. And also NNG uses QFE referenced to meters. There are a lot of threats and challenges to operating in the PRC.
Lowkoon
24th Jun 2014, 03:19
Yes, fortunately many others to blame in this case. The managers should be able to pass the buck and rest easy pretty quickly!
fly123456
25th Jun 2014, 13:34
The charts come straight from the AIP.
Jepp will convert the distances, speed, etc... so you don't have to make the calculation yourself.
But I don't know what chart they use in China Eastern.