Upstream journalist Hu Lei Shi Tingting
On February 9, China Eastern Airlines flight MU2287 from Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, to Yulin Yuyang Airport was unsafe when it landed, and the aircraft landed outside the runway and some components were damaged.
The reporter learned from authoritative sources that the unsafe incident of China Eastern Airlines did not cause casualties, but the follow-up flight task of the aircraft involved was cancelled, and China Eastern Airlines transferred from Xi'an Airport to perform the original follow-up flight, and the specific cause of the incident is under investigation.
The aircraft involved was the B-305Y. Image credit: Jetphotos Captain Lorca
According to public information, on February 9, China Eastern Airlines Flight MU2287 was operated by the company's Airbus A320 aircraft, which took off from Xi'an Xianyang International Airport at 7:52 a.m. on the same day and landed at Yulin Yuyang Airport after a 50-minute flight.
Authoritative information shows that mu2287 flight had an unsafe incident when it landed, and the aircraft was grounded outside the runway of Yulin Airport in advance, and some components of the aircraft were damaged. The weather conditions at Yulin Airport were normal that day, and no bad weather occurred.
According to the data of China's civil aviation information system, mu2287 flight was executed by Airbus A320 aircraft, the aircraft number was B-305Y, and the plane landed 18 minutes early on the same day, but the subsequent flight mission of the B-305Y aircraft was temporarily cancelled.
The upstream reporter noted that in order to carry out the passenger flight originally scheduled to return to Xi'an by China Eastern Airlines, it temporarily transferred from Xi'an Airport to Yulin Airport with a temporary flight of MU2999, and the return flight to Xi'an was delayed for more than 6 hours.
After the unsafe incident of China Eastern Airlines in the landing stage of Yulin Airport, some social media users commented that the B-305Y aircraft was in the landing stage because the slide was too low, and the tires of the aircraft and the runway lights of Yulin Airport "rubbed", causing damage to the tires of the aircraft.
According to the official website of China Eastern Airlines, the follow-up flight was delayed by more than 6 hours, and the reason for the delay was aircraft maintenance. Image source/ China Eastern Airlines official website
Some professionally certified netizens posted on-site photos of China Eastern Airlines company aircraft maintenance changing tires at Yulin Airport in the aviation special community.
On February 10, upstream reporters contacted the relevant departments of China Eastern Airlines, and the relevant staff said that they were not aware of the incident.
The outer grounding of the runway is popularly understood as the aircraft did not land accurately on the runway, but fell outside the runway and made unplanned contact with the ground. "Sichuan Daily" once quoted a professional pilot as saying that the interpretation of "runway grounding" said, "This may cause fuselage damage, casualties and other accidents." ”
According to the relevant provisions of the Measures for the Classification of Civil Aviation Duty Classes, which came into effect on October 1, 2021, civil aviation passenger aircraft "rushing out of or off the runway or grounding outside the runway" is second only to flight accidents. The unsafe incident of the A320 aircraft of China Eastern Airlines landing in Advance at Yulin Airport, the specific details and whether it is a serious sign of transport aviation, also need further investigation by the regulatory authorities.
On May 1, 2016, China Eastern Airlines had an unsafe incident in which an A319 aircraft of the company was performing a flight from Chengdu to Kangding, and during the approach landing process of the aircraft at Kangding Airport, the right main wheel crashed the introduction light, the tail wing of the aircraft was punctured by the airport runway light, the aircraft was grounded outside the runway, and after the resumption of flight, the Runway Light of Kangding Airport was brought back to Chengdu Airport. Afterwards, the Civil Aviation Administration imposed severe penalties on China Eastern Airlines, suspending the two captains involved for life, reducing the passenger traffic of China Eastern Airlines Sichuan Company by 10%, and suspending relevant leaders.
On October 16, 2020, when Shenzhen Airlines was executing flight ZH9247 from Xi'an to Panzhihua, the aircraft scratched individual runway lights during landing, resulting in tire punctures and local scratches on the belly, and safety of personnel on board, and the Southwest Bureau of Civil Aviation once called the unsafe incident "the landing site of the aircraft was a safe area at the runway end and did not affect the normal operation of the airport", but the Civil Aviation Administration's follow-up accident investigation determined that the Shenzhen Airlines passenger aircraft was grounded outside the runway, resulting in damage to the fuselage, some runway lights and related equipment. The serious symptoms of transport aviation constituting a joint cause of responsibility are "serious in nature and bad in impact", exposing prominent problems such as weak system management of individual operating units, lack of reverence for a small number of personnel, lack of responsibility, and weak concept of rules and regulations.
At present, the Shaanxi Civil Aviation Supervision Bureau and other agencies have been involved in the investigation of the unsafe incident at China Eastern Airlines Yulin Airport.
Source: Upstream News