Georgian B763 at Xian on May 28th 2025, approached wrong runway
Last Update: June 3, 2025 / 16:44:19 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 28, 2025
Classification
Incident
Airline
Georgian Airlines
Flight number
GH-1180
Departure
Tbilisi, Georgia
Destination
Xian, China
Aircraft Registration
4L-GMC
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
Airport ICAO Code
ZLXY
The aircraft remained on the ground for about 15 hours before returning to Tbilisi.
China's Authorities have opened an investigation.
The airport reported a foreign aircraft approached the wrong runway and was instructed to go around. The runway, still under construction, is just undergoing preparation for becoming active, it had just been powered and lit up for debugging purposes.
Metars:
ZLXY 280100Z 06005MPS CAVOK 23/12 Q1014 NOSIG=
ZLXY 280000Z 05004MPS CAVOK 21/11 Q1014 NOSIG=
ZLXY 272300Z 05003MPS CAVOK 19/12 Q1013 NOSIG=
ZLXY 272200Z 05001MPS CAVOK 14/11 Q1013 NOSIG=
ZLXY 272100Z VRB01MPS CAVOK 15/11 Q1013 NOSIG=
ZLXY 272000Z 02002MPS CAVOK 15/11 Q1013 NOSIG=
ZLXY 271900Z VRB01MPS CAVOK 15/12 Q1013 NOSIG=
ZLXY 271800Z VRB01MPS CAVOK 15/12 Q1014 NOSIG=
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 28, 2025
Classification
Incident
Airline
Georgian Airlines
Flight number
GH-1180
Departure
Tbilisi, Georgia
Destination
Xian, China
Aircraft Registration
4L-GMC
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
Airport ICAO Code
ZLXY
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