Cathay B773 at Hong Kong on Sep 13th 2012, fuel emergency
Last Update: September 19, 2012 / 09:58:03 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 13, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
Cathay Pacific
Flight number
CX-736
Departure
Singapore, Singapore
Destination
Hong Kong, China
Aircraft Registration
B-HNM
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300
ICAO Type Designator
B773
Rumours appearing on the Internet "knew" that the crew just turned around for a return to runway 07L leaving the expat controller with a near impossible situation and a serious loss of separation with another A330 in the area, the controller doing an extraordinary job in resolving the situation.
Hong Kong's Civil Aviation Department (CAD) reported that there had been a sudden change of surface winds due to weather cells in the area of Hong Kong leading to 20-30 knots of tailwind on approaches to runways 25. A number of aircraft had already gone around, the 777 also went around, reported minimum fuel and requested a visual return to runway 07L. The air traffic controller cleared the aircraft for that visual return after coordination with arrival and departure sectors. An Airbus A330 following B-HNM also went around. No loss of separation occurred between fuel emergency and any other aircraft. However, the CAD continued a minor loss of separation occurred between the A330 having gone around and a second Boeing 777, who had gone around earlier, where separation reduced to 700 feet vertical and 2.2nm horizontally with no risk of a collision.
The CAD is investigating the occurrence.
Metars:
VHHH 130800Z 16009KT 140V210 9999 FEW035 30/24 Q1006 NOSIG
VHHH 130730Z 14010KT 100V190 9999 FEW028 29/24 Q1006 NOSIG
VHHH 130700Z 17009KT 140V210 9999 -SHRA FEW028 27/23 Q1006 RETS RERA TEMPO 4000 SHRA FEW010CB SCT020
VHHH 130630Z 16016KT 130V200 3500 1400N R07R/1600VP2000U R25L/P2000 R07L/P2000 R25R/P2000 TSRA FEW012CB SCT025 27/22 Q1006 TEMPO VRB15G25KT 3500 TSRA SHRA FEW010CB SCT020
VHHH 130618Z 11015KT 080V150 2800 +TSRA FEW012CB SCT020 26/24 Q1007 TEMPO VRB15G25KT 3500 TSRA SHRA FEW010CB SCT020
VHHH 130600Z 05024G34KT 360V070 9999 TSRA FEW012CB SCT020 28/23 Q1006 WS R25R TEMPO VRB15G25KT 3500 TSRA SHRA FEW010CB SCT020
VHHH 130530Z 28007KT 9999 VCTS FEW012CB SCT025 33/23 Q1006 TEMPO VRB15G25KT 3500 TSRA SHRA FEW010CB SCT020
VHHH 130500Z 28007KT 9999 FEW028 32/23 Q1007 NOSIG
VHHH 130430Z 30006KT 9999 FEW025 32/23 Q1008 NOSIG
VHHH 130400Z 31007KT 9999 FEW025 32/22 Q1008 NOSIG
VHHH 130330Z 32007KT 9999 FEW025 31/24 Q1009 NOSIG
VHHH 130300Z 32006KT 9999 FEW025 32/24 Q1009 NOSIG
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 13, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
Cathay Pacific
Flight number
CX-736
Departure
Singapore, Singapore
Destination
Hong Kong, China
Aircraft Registration
B-HNM
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300
ICAO Type Designator
B773
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