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VIDEO: China Airlines Touches Down In Grass at O'Hare
On June 21, 2018 a China Airlines cargo flight, CI5148, performed a go-around after touching down in the grass during an attempted landing on runway 10L at Chicago-O'Hare International Airport. Weather at the time of the incident included light rain, with 500 foot ceilings and visibility of three statute miles. I don't get it either. Following China Airlines' deviation the runway was closed for approximately 50 minutes, as a runway inspection identified debris that needed to be… (www.youtube.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
500 feet/three miles, and the localizer was that far off that they landed on grass, not concrete. I think I know how far off to one side the localizer needle must have been at landing, yet who was noticing it at the time? I call that landing a fully oblivious landing attempt. Do you think these pilots ought to be allowed another landing attempt anywhere in the USA? I also think the CHina aIRLINE PILOTS ought to be inspected individually for competency to fly and land in our airspace, and not until they have passed do they get to come here.
Egads - why do they talk SO fast? How does anyone understand, much less absorb the instructions?
Sum Ting Wong.
Sum Ting VeiWei Wong.
Wi Tu Lo, Ho Li Chit
Really?
China airlines has a strict policy of not lighting up a smoke in the cockpit when landing under ILS conditions. This is what happens when pilots don’t follow policy.