China Southern A321 near Shenzhen on Jan 9th 2019, loss of communication

Last Update: January 10, 2019 / 22:30:01 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 9, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
CZ-6763

Destination
Luoyang, China

Aircraft Registration
B-6343

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

A China Southern Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration B-6343 performing flight CZ-6763 from Shenzhen to Luoyang (China), was climbing out of Shenzhen when the crew stopped the climb at 6000 meters (FL197) and began to squawk loss of communication. The aircraft returned to Shenzhen for a safe landing about 35 minutes later.

The airline reported the crew dealt with a short term communication failure and decided to return to Shenzhen as a precaution.

A replacement A321-200 registration B-6379 reached Luoyang with a delay of 2:45 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 9, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
CZ-6763

Destination
Luoyang, China

Aircraft Registration
B-6343

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

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