Incident: JAL B763 at Kaohsiung on Mar 6th 2010, where's the runway?
By Simon Hradecky, created Wednesday, Mar 17th 2010 11:09Z, last updated Wednesday, Mar 17th 2010 11:09Z
A JAL Japan Airlines Boeing 767-300, registration JA8987 performing flight JA-657 from Tokyo Narita (Japan) to Kaohsiung (Taiwan) with 230 people on board, was on approach to Kaohsiung in good visibility but night time around 10pm local (14:00Z), when the flight was cleared to land. At about 300 feet and about 1nm before touchdown the crew however decided to go around as they could not see the runway. When the crew reported the go-around, the tower controllers discovered, they had forgotten to turn the runway lights on, switched them on and vectored the aircraft for a safe landing 15 minutes later.
Taiwan's Civil Aviation Authority confirmed the incident reporting, that the aircraft had received landing clearance at 10:07pm just before one controller left for the bathroom and the other subsequently went to respond to a phone call. At 10:10pm the crew reported the go-around, the tower controller activated the runway lightning at 10:11pm. The two controllers involved in the incident have been suspended and are facing disciplinary action.
Japan Airlines do not accept the explanation, that the runway lights were forgotten, stating that Taiwan's CAA requires runway lights to be active from sunset to sunrise or when visibility falls below 3200 meters in daylight.
Due to the low number of flights at night, however, the airport of Kaohsiung is said to save energy by switching the runway lights off between departures and arrivals.
Fonte: The Aviation Herald
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By Simon Hradecky, created Wednesday, Mar 17th 2010 11:09Z, last updated Wednesday, Mar 17th 2010 11:09Z
A JAL Japan Airlines Boeing 767-300, registration JA8987 performing flight JA-657 from Tokyo Narita (Japan) to Kaohsiung (Taiwan) with 230 people on board, was on approach to Kaohsiung in good visibility but night time around 10pm local (14:00Z), when the flight was cleared to land. At about 300 feet and about 1nm before touchdown the crew however decided to go around as they could not see the runway. When the crew reported the go-around, the tower controllers discovered, they had forgotten to turn the runway lights on, switched them on and vectored the aircraft for a safe landing 15 minutes later.
Taiwan's Civil Aviation Authority confirmed the incident reporting, that the aircraft had received landing clearance at 10:07pm just before one controller left for the bathroom and the other subsequently went to respond to a phone call. At 10:10pm the crew reported the go-around, the tower controller activated the runway lightning at 10:11pm. The two controllers involved in the incident have been suspended and are facing disciplinary action.
Japan Airlines do not accept the explanation, that the runway lights were forgotten, stating that Taiwan's CAA requires runway lights to be active from sunset to sunrise or when visibility falls below 3200 meters in daylight.
Due to the low number of flights at night, however, the airport of Kaohsiung is said to save energy by switching the runway lights off between departures and arrivals.
Fonte: The Aviation Herald
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