Air China 767 crashes in South Korea (April 2002)
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Air China 767 crashes in South Korea
From the BBC:
Chinese plane crashes in Korea
A Chinese passenger plane with 166 people on board has crashed in South Korea, officials have said. The flight from Beijing was making its final approach to the airport in Pusan when it came down in mountains.
The BBC's correspondent in the South Korean capital, Seoul, said officials reported low visibility around Pusan on the south coast of the Korean peninsula.
Civil aviation officials said flight CA129 crashed at about 1145 local time (0245 GMT).
There were 155 passengers and 11 crew on board the Air China Boeing 767.
Investigators are travelling to the site of the crash.
More details to follow.
Chinese plane crashes in Korea
A Chinese passenger plane with 166 people on board has crashed in South Korea, officials have said. The flight from Beijing was making its final approach to the airport in Pusan when it came down in mountains.
The BBC's correspondent in the South Korean capital, Seoul, said officials reported low visibility around Pusan on the south coast of the Korean peninsula.
Civil aviation officials said flight CA129 crashed at about 1145 local time (0245 GMT).
There were 155 passengers and 11 crew on board the Air China Boeing 767.
Investigators are travelling to the site of the crash.
More details to follow.
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From CNN
From CNN...
SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- An Air China flight carrying 155 passengers and at least 10 crewmembers has crashed near South Korea's second largest city of Pusan.
South Korean television showed a photograph of an Air China jet broken in half and in flames.
Reports said the Boeing 767 crashed around 11:40 a.m. (0240 GMT) near Kimhae airport, which serves the port city of Pusan on the Sea of Japan.
Authorities said it crashed near a residential area containing apartment buildings, but there were no reports of any casualties on the ground.
Firefighters and rescue workers were on the scene.
The flight took off from Beijing and was headed to Kimhae airport near Pusan.
Weather conditions at the time was poor, with fog, winds and rain. A number of international flights were turned back from the airport Monday morning as a result.
The crash comes just weeks before the soccer World Cup is co-hosted by South Korea and Japan.
SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- An Air China flight carrying 155 passengers and at least 10 crewmembers has crashed near South Korea's second largest city of Pusan.
South Korean television showed a photograph of an Air China jet broken in half and in flames.
Reports said the Boeing 767 crashed around 11:40 a.m. (0240 GMT) near Kimhae airport, which serves the port city of Pusan on the Sea of Japan.
Authorities said it crashed near a residential area containing apartment buildings, but there were no reports of any casualties on the ground.
Firefighters and rescue workers were on the scene.
The flight took off from Beijing and was headed to Kimhae airport near Pusan.
Weather conditions at the time was poor, with fog, winds and rain. A number of international flights were turned back from the airport Monday morning as a result.
The crash comes just weeks before the soccer World Cup is co-hosted by South Korea and Japan.
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From Reuters
China Officials Confirm Air China Crash-Xinhua
Sun Apr 14,11:44 PM ET
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese aviation authorities Monday have confirmed that an Air China passenger aircraft crashed near South Korea (news - web sites)'s second largest city of Pusan, the official Xinhua news agency said.
"The crash has been confirmed by Chinese aviation authorities in Beijing," Xinhua said.
All 155 passengers and 11 crew members on the flight were feared dead, Xinhua quoted sources in South Korean transportation authorities as saying.
The plane crashed into a residential area in Gimhae, Xinhua said without giving further details.
Sun Apr 14,11:44 PM ET
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese aviation authorities Monday have confirmed that an Air China passenger aircraft crashed near South Korea (news - web sites)'s second largest city of Pusan, the official Xinhua news agency said.
"The crash has been confirmed by Chinese aviation authorities in Beijing," Xinhua said.
All 155 passengers and 11 crew members on the flight were feared dead, Xinhua quoted sources in South Korean transportation authorities as saying.
The plane crashed into a residential area in Gimhae, Xinhua said without giving further details.
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Survivors
There are reports of a number of survivors...
That is good news...
Another Rueters report from the ABC News website...
Most Feared Dead in Air China Jet Crash in S.Korea
April 15
— By Cho Mee-young
SEOUL (Reuters) - An Air China passenger aircraft from Beijing with 166 people, mostly Koreans, aboard crashed into a mountain near South Korea's second largest city in rain and fog Monday, the airline and local officials said.
China's Xinhua news agency reported South Korean officials as saying all 155 passengers and 11 crew were thought to have been killed. But a local hospital official told Reuters four survivors had been brought in for treatment. A local police official said fewer than 10 people were thought to have survived.
The crash took place just six weeks before the soccer World Cup finals are co-hosted by South Korea and Japan. South Korea expects as many as 60,000 Chinese soccer fans to visit to watch their country's first appearance at the World Cup.
"The plane crashed into the mountain. No one on the ground was hurt," a Kimhae city official told Reuters by telephone.
He said it had crashed into a 1,600-foot mountain near the city. Television reports said rescue efforts were hampered by fog, rain and smoke from the crash site.
The plane, an Air China Boeing 767 aircraft, crashed into a mountainside near an apartment complex near Kimhae airport, which serves the port city of Pusan on the Sea of Japan.
An Air China official told Reuters in Seoul 80 to 90 percent of the passengers were Korean.
Asiana Airlines, South Korea's second largest carrier, said the Chinese plane had disappeared from radar screens around 11 a.m. (10 p.m. EDT Sunday) in heavy rain and fog.
An officer at Kimhae police station said by telephone less than 10 people had been taken to hospitals nearby.
The edaily financial news Web site quoted an official at Seoul's Inchon International Airport as saying about 10 people are thought to have survived the crash.
An official at Seoul's domestic Kimpo airport said 38 flights from there to Ulsan, Pusan, Yeosu, Pohang and Mokpo and 42 flights from the cities to Kimpo had been canceled so far due to heavy rain and fog that had closed some airports in the south of the country.
More flights were expected to be canceled in the afternoon, the official said by telephone. (Additional reporting by Nam In-soo, Song Jung-a, Samuel Len)
(edited to add the news article)
That is good news...
Another Rueters report from the ABC News website...
Most Feared Dead in Air China Jet Crash in S.Korea
April 15
— By Cho Mee-young
SEOUL (Reuters) - An Air China passenger aircraft from Beijing with 166 people, mostly Koreans, aboard crashed into a mountain near South Korea's second largest city in rain and fog Monday, the airline and local officials said.
China's Xinhua news agency reported South Korean officials as saying all 155 passengers and 11 crew were thought to have been killed. But a local hospital official told Reuters four survivors had been brought in for treatment. A local police official said fewer than 10 people were thought to have survived.
The crash took place just six weeks before the soccer World Cup finals are co-hosted by South Korea and Japan. South Korea expects as many as 60,000 Chinese soccer fans to visit to watch their country's first appearance at the World Cup.
"The plane crashed into the mountain. No one on the ground was hurt," a Kimhae city official told Reuters by telephone.
He said it had crashed into a 1,600-foot mountain near the city. Television reports said rescue efforts were hampered by fog, rain and smoke from the crash site.
The plane, an Air China Boeing 767 aircraft, crashed into a mountainside near an apartment complex near Kimhae airport, which serves the port city of Pusan on the Sea of Japan.
An Air China official told Reuters in Seoul 80 to 90 percent of the passengers were Korean.
Asiana Airlines, South Korea's second largest carrier, said the Chinese plane had disappeared from radar screens around 11 a.m. (10 p.m. EDT Sunday) in heavy rain and fog.
An officer at Kimhae police station said by telephone less than 10 people had been taken to hospitals nearby.
The edaily financial news Web site quoted an official at Seoul's Inchon International Airport as saying about 10 people are thought to have survived the crash.
An official at Seoul's domestic Kimpo airport said 38 flights from there to Ulsan, Pusan, Yeosu, Pohang and Mokpo and 42 flights from the cities to Kimpo had been canceled so far due to heavy rain and fog that had closed some airports in the south of the country.
More flights were expected to be canceled in the afternoon, the official said by telephone. (Additional reporting by Nam In-soo, Song Jung-a, Samuel Len)
(edited to add the news article)
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Another report said he was "Turning for his second landing attempt"
Go around?
Anyone know what overshoot procedures are like at Pusan?
Go around?
Anyone know what overshoot procedures are like at Pusan?
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Missed Approach Procedures at Pusan
Here the procedures for Pusan - hope they are up-to-date!
The airport of Pusan shows two runways:
36L/18R: 3200 m * 60 m / slope 0 --- 36L CAT3 approach lights
36R/18L: 2743 m * 45 m / slope 0
approaches:
ILS36L/DME: MIN QFE FT/KM 200/0.8 QNH FT 220
LLZ36L/DME: MIN QFE FT/KM 310/1.4 QNH FT 330
MISAP: Climb on 001deg to 500 turn left and climb on R320 KMH to 4000, turn right to 5000 to KACHI and hold
ILS36R/DME: MIN QFE FT/KM 200/0.8 QNH FT 220
LLZ36R/DME: MIN QFE FT/KM 320/1.4 QNH FT 340
MISAP: Climb on 001deg to 500 turn left and climb on R320 KMH to 4000, turn right to 5000 to KACHI and hold
VOR36L/DME: MIN QFE FT/KM 490/2.1 QNH FT 510
VOR36R/DME: MIN QFE FT/KM 500/2.1 QNH FT 520
MISAP: Turn left and climb on R320 KMH to 4000, turn right to 5000 to KACHI and hold
RWYs 18L/R: Circling approach:
Cat C: QFE FT/KM 1680/3.7 QNH FT 1700
Cat D: QFE FT/KM 2460/4.8 QNH FT 2480
MINIMUM SECTOR ALTITUDES around KMH (clockwise):
090-180 deg: 3200
180-270 deg: 3700
270-090 deg: 5100
Have a nice day!
The airport of Pusan shows two runways:
36L/18R: 3200 m * 60 m / slope 0 --- 36L CAT3 approach lights
36R/18L: 2743 m * 45 m / slope 0
approaches:
ILS36L/DME: MIN QFE FT/KM 200/0.8 QNH FT 220
LLZ36L/DME: MIN QFE FT/KM 310/1.4 QNH FT 330
MISAP: Climb on 001deg to 500 turn left and climb on R320 KMH to 4000, turn right to 5000 to KACHI and hold
ILS36R/DME: MIN QFE FT/KM 200/0.8 QNH FT 220
LLZ36R/DME: MIN QFE FT/KM 320/1.4 QNH FT 340
MISAP: Climb on 001deg to 500 turn left and climb on R320 KMH to 4000, turn right to 5000 to KACHI and hold
VOR36L/DME: MIN QFE FT/KM 490/2.1 QNH FT 510
VOR36R/DME: MIN QFE FT/KM 500/2.1 QNH FT 520
MISAP: Turn left and climb on R320 KMH to 4000, turn right to 5000 to KACHI and hold
RWYs 18L/R: Circling approach:
Cat C: QFE FT/KM 1680/3.7 QNH FT 1700
Cat D: QFE FT/KM 2460/4.8 QNH FT 2480
MINIMUM SECTOR ALTITUDES around KMH (clockwise):
090-180 deg: 3200
180-270 deg: 3700
270-090 deg: 5100
Have a nice day!
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Here's a link for the current app chart. Note the caution about minimum climb rate on the MAP. I have an older Jepp chart that says min climb rate on the missed app is 2000 fpm.
http://164.214.2.62/products/digital...ME_RWY_36L.PDF
http://164.214.2.62/products/digital...ME_RWY_36L.PDF
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Copied from the D&G forum...
ABC News Online
Posted: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 19:43 AEST
More than 100 dead in Chinese plane crash
Officials in South Korea now say 54 people have survived the crash of an Air China jet carrying 166 people, near the city of Pusan
Boeing and Air China crash investigators are on their way to the area in a bid to determine what caused the Boeing 767-200 to crash.
This Pusan crash is Air China's first in its 47-year history.
Local authorities in South Korea say poor weather had caused the closure of the airport before the Air China flight had arrived.
Its crash into a hill near the Pusan airport has left at least 100 dead, but miraculously rescue workers say they have pulled dozens of survivors from the wreckage.
A spokesman with Boeing in the Chinese capital, Beijing says there is still no word from those on the ground in Pusan about what may have caused the crash.
Added by edit...
This is a cut and paste from the current CNN news story...
South Korean transportation ministry officials told YTN the plane, owned by China's largest airline, crashed while trying to land after air traffic controllers told it to take a detour due to bad weather.
Chinese state television said the plane had been redirected to Seoul because of the fog.
And this from farther down in the same story...
All 39 flights scheduled for Monday from Seoul to Busan and other southern cities were canceled due to bad weather, aviation officials told AP.
Then this from the above ABC story...
Local authorities in South Korea say poor weather had caused the closure of the airport before the Air China flight had arrived.
What's up with this?
(edited for other story inserts)
ABC News Online
Posted: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 19:43 AEST
More than 100 dead in Chinese plane crash
Officials in South Korea now say 54 people have survived the crash of an Air China jet carrying 166 people, near the city of Pusan
Boeing and Air China crash investigators are on their way to the area in a bid to determine what caused the Boeing 767-200 to crash.
This Pusan crash is Air China's first in its 47-year history.
Local authorities in South Korea say poor weather had caused the closure of the airport before the Air China flight had arrived.
Its crash into a hill near the Pusan airport has left at least 100 dead, but miraculously rescue workers say they have pulled dozens of survivors from the wreckage.
A spokesman with Boeing in the Chinese capital, Beijing says there is still no word from those on the ground in Pusan about what may have caused the crash.
Added by edit...
This is a cut and paste from the current CNN news story...
South Korean transportation ministry officials told YTN the plane, owned by China's largest airline, crashed while trying to land after air traffic controllers told it to take a detour due to bad weather.
Chinese state television said the plane had been redirected to Seoul because of the fog.
And this from farther down in the same story...
All 39 flights scheduled for Monday from Seoul to Busan and other southern cities were canceled due to bad weather, aviation officials told AP.
Then this from the above ABC story...
Local authorities in South Korea say poor weather had caused the closure of the airport before the Air China flight had arrived.
What's up with this?
(edited for other story inserts)
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Flight Safety:
Some great PR in there from Air China. Whilst it is true that this is the first hull loss under the Air China brand for 47 years, the company's predecessor - CAAC - was notorious for its crashes (many of them most likely never reported).
I very much doubt that Air China has been around for 47 years; officially, they were founded in 1988, the only previous operator in the PRC was CAAC, which was then broken up into an international arm (Air China) and into some regional operators.
In fact, there has been some unintentional humour in an ad campaign that Air China have been running in HKSAR, with posters hailing the "47 years anniversary of safety flight operation". It's since been changed to describe 47 years of crash-free operations, and tomorrow it will probably be coming down altogether.
Some great PR in there from Air China. Whilst it is true that this is the first hull loss under the Air China brand for 47 years, the company's predecessor - CAAC - was notorious for its crashes (many of them most likely never reported).
I very much doubt that Air China has been around for 47 years; officially, they were founded in 1988, the only previous operator in the PRC was CAAC, which was then broken up into an international arm (Air China) and into some regional operators.
In fact, there has been some unintentional humour in an ad campaign that Air China have been running in HKSAR, with posters hailing the "47 years anniversary of safety flight operation". It's since been changed to describe 47 years of crash-free operations, and tomorrow it will probably be coming down altogether.
Last edited by Alpha Leader; 15th Apr 2002 at 10:39.
"Poor weather". I also note on the BBC WWW site "The South Korean Government says an Air China plane which crashed into a hillside in South Korea on Monday killing 115 people had been blown off course by strong winds. "
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According to press reports, the aircraft overshot the turn from base onto final to RWY 18R by 1.8km and hit the hill. Press says aircraft originally approaching RWY 36L then 'circled' for landing RWY 18R but, given the wind, why was RWY 36 ever considered
What is the approach to 18R? Is it an ILS to RWY 36L and then visual circuit to land 18R? That would explain press report but am I wrong to assume that the press go anything right in the first place.
Would welcome comment by someone who knows the place.
What is the approach to 18R? Is it an ILS to RWY 36L and then visual circuit to land 18R? That would explain press report but am I wrong to assume that the press go anything right in the first place.
Would welcome comment by someone who knows the place.
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Alpha Leader is quite correct; the current "Air China" grew out of the former CAAC, which effectively ran all air services as well as acting as the aviation regulator. The 767 involved in this morning's crash was delivered to CAAC in October 1985 (L/N 127) and then transferred to Air China when it became the entity it is today, in July 1988.
It's correct to say that Air China has had a very good (safety) reputation since then and this is its first loss, but that's a first in a 14 year history. Not for nothing was CAAC referred to as "Crash All Around China" or "Cancel At Any Cost".
The aircraft, incidentally, was B2552, a -2J6ER.
It's correct to say that Air China has had a very good (safety) reputation since then and this is its first loss, but that's a first in a 14 year history. Not for nothing was CAAC referred to as "Crash All Around China" or "Cancel At Any Cost".
The aircraft, incidentally, was B2552, a -2J6ER.
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DATE: 15.04.2002 LOCAL TIME: 11:40
LOCATION: Pusan area / South Korea
AIRLINE: Air China
TYPE: Boeing 767-2J6ER REGISTRATION: B-2552 C/N: 23308 Age: 16 years + 5 months
OPERATION: ISP FLIGHT: Beijing -> Pusan (CA 129)
OCCUPANTS: 155 pax + 11 crew FATALITIES: 110+ pax/crew INJURIES: 40+ pax/crew DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT: destroyed
On approach to Pusan in fog the aircraft crashed into a wooded hill braking into two on impact and burst into flames. The crash site was near a residential area.
NOTE: This accident represents Air China´s 1st hull loss since in its history and the 10th hull loss of a Boeing 767.
for more accident date, check www.jacdec.de
LOCATION: Pusan area / South Korea
AIRLINE: Air China
TYPE: Boeing 767-2J6ER REGISTRATION: B-2552 C/N: 23308 Age: 16 years + 5 months
OPERATION: ISP FLIGHT: Beijing -> Pusan (CA 129)
OCCUPANTS: 155 pax + 11 crew FATALITIES: 110+ pax/crew INJURIES: 40+ pax/crew DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT: destroyed
On approach to Pusan in fog the aircraft crashed into a wooded hill braking into two on impact and burst into flames. The crash site was near a residential area.
NOTE: This accident represents Air China´s 1st hull loss since in its history and the 10th hull loss of a Boeing 767.
for more accident date, check www.jacdec.de
