Alitalia A332 at Beijing and Hohhot on Sep 27th 2012, fuel emergency
Last Update: September 28, 2012 / 14:28:48 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 27, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
Alitalia
Flight number
AZ-790
Departure
Rome, Italy
Destination
Beijing, China
Aircraft Registration
EI-EJI
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
The aircraft departed Hohhot after about 5 hours on the ground and reached Beijing with a delay of 8 hours. The return flight AZ-791D departed Beijing the following day, is currently (Sep 28th 14:15Z) enroute near Novosibirsk (Russia) and is estimated to reach Rome with a total delay of 31 hours.
Metars Beijing:
ZBAA 270200Z 16003MPS 120V180 1700 R01/1100N R36R/1400U R36L/1100N BR NSC 18/16 Q1016 BECMG TL0250 3000
ZBAA 270130Z 15002MPS 110V190 1100 R01/0900N R36R/1000N R36L/1000N BR FEW005 16/15 Q1017 BECMG TL0220 1500
ZBAA 270100Z 15002MPS 100V180 0700 R01/0900N R36R/0900N R36L/1000N FG VV004 16/15 Q1017 BECMG TL0120 0800
ZBAA 270030Z VRB02MPS 0600 R01/0650N R36R/0750N R36L/0800N FG VV004 15/15 Q1017 BECMG TL0140 0800
ZBAA 270000Z 13003MPS 100V160 0300 R01/0275N R36R/0350V0600D R36L/0700N FG VV004 15/15 Q1017 BECMG TL0120 0400 FG
ZBAA 262330Z 12003MPS 080V140 0700 R01/0900V1400D R36R/0800V1400N R36L/0800V1400N FG VV005 15/14 Q1017 BECMG TL2350 0500 FG
ZBAA 262300Z 11002MPS 3500 BR NSC 14/13 Q1017 NOSIG
ZBAA 262230Z 06002MPS 8000 NSC 13/12 Q1017 NOSIG
ZBAA 262200Z 36002MPS CAVOK 12/11 Q1017 NOSIG
ZBAA 262130Z 36003MPS CAVOK 12/11 Q1017 NOSIG
ZBAA 262100Z VRB01MPS CAVOK 12/12 Q1017 NOSIG
ZBAA 262030Z VRB01MPS CAVOK 13/12 Q1017 NOSIG
ZBAA 262000Z VRB01MPS CAVOK 13/12 Q1017 NOSIG
Metars Hohhot:
ZBHH 270300Z 34008G13MPS 9999 SCT040 12/00 Q1024 NOSIG
ZBHH 270200Z 34010G16MPS 310V010 9999 SCT040 11/M00 Q1023 NOSIG
ZBHH 270100Z 35002MPS 9999 SCT040 FEW040TCU 12/02 Q1022 BECMG TL0130 33008MPS
ZBHH 270000Z 23001MPS 9999 SCT040 FEW040TCU 10/06 Q1021 BECMG TL0130 33008MPS
ZBHH 262300Z 25001MPS 9999 SCT040 07/04 Q1020 NOSIG
ZBHH 262200Z 02002MPS 9999 FEW040 08/04 Q1020 NOSIG
ZBHH 262100Z 01001MPS 9999 FEW040 09/07 Q1019 NOSIG
ZBHH 262000Z 06001MPS 9999 SCT040 FEW040CB 10/08 Q1019 RETS NOSIG
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 27, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
Alitalia
Flight number
AZ-790
Departure
Rome, Italy
Destination
Beijing, China
Aircraft Registration
EI-EJI
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
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