Emirates A388 at Shanghai on Jan 4th 2015, loss of nose wheel steering
Last Update: January 6, 2015 / 00:24:25 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 4, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Emirates Airlines
Flight number
EK-302
Departure
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Destination
Shanghai Pudong, China
Aircraft Registration
A6-EDG
Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800
ICAO Type Designator
A388
A passenger reported the crew announced they had lost the nose wheel steering and were unable to vacate the runway. The aircraft was towed off the runway about 90 minutes later, the passengers finally got off the aircraft about 3 hours after landing.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Shanghai about 41 hours after landing.
Emirates reported the return flight EK-303 was postponed to depart as flight EK-8303 on Jan 6th due to maintenance reasons.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 4, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Emirates Airlines
Flight number
EK-302
Departure
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Destination
Shanghai Pudong, China
Aircraft Registration
A6-EDG
Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800
ICAO Type Designator
A388
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