China Eastern E145 at Changzhi on Jun 19th 2014, overran runway on landing
Last Update: June 19, 2014 / 09:51:37 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 19, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
China Eastern Airlines
Flight number
MU-2487
Departure
Wuhan, China
Destination
Changzhi, China
Aircraft Registration
B-3056
Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-145
ICAO Type Designator
E145
The airline confirmed the aircraft overran the end of the runway while landing in rain, all humans on board of the aircraft are safe. The causes of the runway overrun are under investigation.
The airport was closed until about 18:00L.
According to local information out of Changzhi the aircraft may have suffered a hydraulic failure prior to landing.
Changzhi's Wangcun Airport [ZBCZ] in Shanxi region features a runway 01/19 of 2600 meters length, runway 01 is equipped with an ILS.
At the time of the occurrence the airport reported thunderstorms, rain and visibility of 4600 meters.
No Metars and no local weather data are available, the closest Metars are available from Taiyuan 93nm north of Changzhi:
Metars Taiyuan:
ZBYN 190400Z 04002MPS 340V090 8000 -RA SCT023 16/14 Q1009 RERA NOSIG
ZBYN 190330Z 10004MPS 070V130 8000 RA SCT023 OVC046 16/14 Q1010 BECMG TL0400 NSW
ZBYN 190300Z 05002MPS 8000 RA SCT023 OVC040 16/14 Q1010 BECMG TL0340 NSW
ZBYN 190230Z 03004MPS 8000 RA SCT020 OVC040 17/14 Q1009 BECMG TL0330 NSW
ZBYN 190200Z 01002MPS 320V030 3500 RA BR SCT020 OVC040 17/16 Q1009 NOSIG
ZBYN 190130Z 35004MPS 4500 -RA BR SCT020 OVC040 17/16 Q1008 NOSIG
ZBYN 190100Z 33004MPS 5000 -RA BR SCT020 OVC046 18/15 Q1009 BECMG TL0140 SHRA
ZBYN 190030Z 34005MPS 6000 -SHRA FEW020 BKN040 18/15 Q1008 NOSIG
ZBYN 190000Z 36003MPS 320V020 3000 -SHRA BR FEW020 BKN040 FEW040CB 17/16 Q1008 RETSRA NOSIG
ZBYN 182330Z 32004MPS 3000 TSRA BR SCT040 SCT040CB 17/15 Q1008 BECMG TL0020 NSW
ZBYN 182300Z 30005MPS 2000 +TSRA BR SCT040 SCT040CB 17/15 Q1009 BECMG TL2350 -TSRA
ZBYN 182230Z 03003MPS 360V070 3000 +TSRA BR SCT040 SCT040CB 17/15 Q1007 BECMG TL2310 2500 -TSRA
ZBYN 182200Z 32003MPS 290V350 9999 -TSRA SCT040 FEW040CB 19/14 Q1007 BECMG TL2240 21008G15MPS 2500 SHRA
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 19, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
China Eastern Airlines
Flight number
MU-2487
Departure
Wuhan, China
Destination
Changzhi, China
Aircraft Registration
B-3056
Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-145
ICAO Type Designator
E145
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