China Eastern B738 at Wenzhou or Xian on May 8th 2016, tail scrape
Last Update: May 8, 2016 / 21:12:04 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 8, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
China Eastern Airlines
Flight number
MU-2391
Departure
Wenzhou, China
Destination
Xian, China
Aircraft Registration
B-5101
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
A post flight inspection revealed minor damage to the tail skid assembly however.
The aircraft remained on the ground in Xian for 10 hours, then positioned to Taiyuan (China) as flight MU-9004 and is on the ground there since, for 10 hours so far.
A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration B-5087 positioned from Taiyuan to Xian as flight MU-9003 and performed the return flight MU-2392 with a delay of 5:15 hours.
No weather data are available for Wenzhou, Metars for Xian:
ZLXY 080500Z VRB01MPS 7000 SCT060 17/09 Q1016 NOSIG
ZLXY 080400Z VRB01MPS 7000 NSC 16/09 Q1016 NOSIG
ZLXY 080300Z VRB01MPS 7000 OVC070 15/09 Q1018 NOSIG
ZLXY 080200Z VRB01MPS 7000 OVC070 14/09 Q1018 NOSIG
ZLXY 080100Z 04002MPS 010V070 7000 OVC066 13/09 Q1018 NOSIG
ZLXY 080000Z 03002MPS 340V050 6000 OVC066 12/10 Q1018 NOSIG
ZLXY 072300Z 05002MPS 010V070 5000 BR NSC 12/10 Q1017 NOSIG
ZLXY 072200Z 06002MPS 5000 BR NSC 12/10 Q1017 NOSIG
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 8, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
China Eastern Airlines
Flight number
MU-2391
Departure
Wenzhou, China
Destination
Xian, China
Aircraft Registration
B-5101
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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