Zhejiang Loong A320 near Hangzhou on Feb 26th 2016, in need of a cat

Last Update: February 26, 2016 / 21:09:30 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 26, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
Zhejiang Loong Airlines

Flight number
GJ-8823

Departure
Hangzhou, China

Destination
Bijie, China

Aircraft Registration
B-1868

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Zhejiang Loong Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration B-1868 performing flight GJ-8823 from Hangzhou to Bijie (China), was enroute at 9200 meters about 200nm westsouthwest of Hangzhou when the crew decided to return to Hangzhou after a mouse had been spotted on board of the aircraft. The aircraft landed safely back in Hangzhou about 75 minutes after departure.

A replacement Airbus A320-200 registration B-8148 reached Bijie with a delay of 5 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 21 hours after landing for being disinfected.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 26, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
Zhejiang Loong Airlines

Flight number
GJ-8823

Departure
Hangzhou, China

Destination
Bijie, China

Aircraft Registration
B-1868

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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