Shenzhen B738 at Nanchang on Dec 14th 2016, runway incursion
Last Update: December 16, 2016 / 21:52:47 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 14, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Runway incursion
Airline
Shenzhen Airlines
Flight number
ZH-9991
Departure
Nanchang, China
Destination
Qingdao, China
Aircraft Registration
B-5411
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
A Hainan Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration B-5765 performing flight HU-7351 from Xiamen to Nanchang (China), was on final approach to Nanchang's runway 03 descending through about 600 feet AGL when ZH-9991 taxied past the hold short line in order to line up runway 03.
Tower instructed the arriving HU-7351 to go around and instructed the Shenzhen Boeing to stop immediately. Both aircraft complied with those instructions.
HU-7351 positioned for another approach to runway 03 and landed safely about 15 minutes after the go around.
ZH-9991 was instructed to return to the apron. Following interviews of the crew the aircraft departed with a delay of 2 hours.
China's Civil Aviation Authority reported the tower controller spotted ZH-9991 to wrongfully taxi onto the runway and immediately instructed the arriving HU-7351 to go around and ZH-9991 to hold position. According to radar data the lowest height of HU-7351 was 120 meters/400 feet, already below MDA (170 meters) for the RNAV approach in use. In interviews the crew of ZH-9991 stated they misheard an instruction. The CAAC stated the controller handled the occurrence effectively.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 14, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Runway incursion
Airline
Shenzhen Airlines
Flight number
ZH-9991
Departure
Nanchang, China
Destination
Qingdao, China
Aircraft Registration
B-5411
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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