Air China A319 at Yiwu on Aug 4th 2013, aircraft sank into asphalt while backtracking runway
Last Update: August 5, 2013 / 14:40:40 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 4, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air China
Flight number
CA-4538
Departure
Yiwu, China
Destination
Chengdu, China
Aircraft Registration
B-2364
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
The airport was closed until the passengers had disembarked and the aircraft had been moved back onto safe paved surface. By then the aircraft had sunk in by about 10 cm/4 inches.
The airport suspects that the unusual heat paired with the extreme bright sunshine caused the asphalt of the runway end safety area to soften to the point where it couldn't support the 60 tons of the aircraft weight anymore.
No Metars or local weather data are available.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 4, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air China
Flight number
CA-4538
Departure
Yiwu, China
Destination
Chengdu, China
Aircraft Registration
B-2364
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
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