China Southern A320 at Shijiazhuang on Nov 2nd 2019, nose gear problem on landing
Last Update: November 3, 2019 / 18:25:14 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 2, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
China Southern Airlines
Flight number
CZ-6540
Departure
Guangzhou, China
Destination
Shijiazhuang, China
Aircraft Registration
B-9911
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
Passengers reported the landing run was extremely short (in the range of about 10 seconds), the smell of burning rubber developed on board. The nose gear appeared to be bent and damaged when they disembarked onto the runway. They were bussed to the terminal.
The airline reported a nose gear problem prompted the crew to perform an emergency braking. The aircraft was disabled on the runway, the passengers disembarked normally and were bussed to the terminal. The aircraft was towed off the runway about two hours after landing. The incident is being investigated.
Grainy photos from far distance do not permit to identify whether the nose gear was perhaps tilted 90 degrees on landing or what other problem may have been, make clear however, the nose gear did not collapse. A video circulating on China's Social Media, being offered as of the occurrence aircraft, in fact shows the nose gear of aircraft nose number 500, which is not B-9911 having nose number 911.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Shijiazhuang about 31 hours after landing.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 2, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
China Southern Airlines
Flight number
CZ-6540
Departure
Guangzhou, China
Destination
Shijiazhuang, China
Aircraft Registration
B-9911
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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