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A China Eastern Airlines passenger plane that had started its night-time descent into a Wuhan airport was forced to abort its landing as air traffic controllers dozed.
Investigation in Beijing on Wednesday revealed that the incident was the third mishap in two months involving the Chinese carrier.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), said in its report that a transcript of the flight recording released by the China Eastern flight crew, said they made repeated attempts to contact the duty flight controllers at Wuhan Tianhe Airport, twice in English and once in Chinese.
It said the calls went unanswered.
CAAC said the airplane was forced to return to 900 meters and circle the airport for about 10 minutes before landing, the report said. The incident occurred at between 2 and 3 a.m.
It said China Eastern had suffered other mishaps in recent weeks. On July 17, a China Eastern airplane landed off the runway in the southwest city of Nanning.
It added that three days later, another China Eastern plane veered off the runway shortly after it touched down at Changzhi airport in Shanxi province amid heavy rain.
It said even though no casualties were involved in either incidents, it caused a temporary closure of the airport.
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Investigation in Beijing on Wednesday revealed that the incident was the third mishap in two months involving the Chinese carrier.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), said in its report that a transcript of the flight recording released by the China Eastern flight crew, said they made repeated attempts to contact the duty flight controllers at Wuhan Tianhe Airport, twice in English and once in Chinese.
It said the calls went unanswered.
CAAC said the airplane was forced to return to 900 meters and circle the airport for about 10 minutes before landing, the report said. The incident occurred at between 2 and 3 a.m.
It said China Eastern had suffered other mishaps in recent weeks. On July 17, a China Eastern airplane landed off the runway in the southwest city of Nanning.
It added that three days later, another China Eastern plane veered off the runway shortly after it touched down at Changzhi airport in Shanxi province amid heavy rain.
It said even though no casualties were involved in either incidents, it caused a temporary closure of the airport.
#ChinaEastern
