Cathay Dragon A321 at Hong Kong on Dec 1st 2018, dual IRS failure

Last Update: December 2, 2018 / 21:30:40 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 1, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
KA-854

Destination
Wuhan, China

Aircraft Registration
B-HTJ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

A Cathay Dragon Airbus A321-200, registration B-HTJ performing flight KA-854 from Hong Kong to Wuhan (China), was climbing out of the Hong Kong when the crew stopped the climb at FL170 reporting two of their Inertial Reference Systems (IRS) had failed and they were having navigation problems. ATC inquired whether they were able to follow vectors for the return to Hong Kong which the crew affirmed. ATC provided vectors for the return to Hong Kong, the aircraft entered a hold while the crew was working the related checklists and landed safely back on Hong Kong's runway 07L about 40 minutes after departure.

A replacement Airbus A321-200 registration B-HTI reached Wuhan with a delay of 3:15 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 1, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
KA-854

Destination
Wuhan, China

Aircraft Registration
B-HTJ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

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