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Old Jun 5, 2017, 5:29 pm
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It was posted on Aviation Herald on June 2

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Incident: Cathay Dragon A320 near Hong Kong on Jun 1st 2017, unmapped flight

By Simon Hradecky, created Friday, Jun 2nd 2017 21:05Z, last updated Friday, Jun 2nd 2017 21:05Z

A Cathay Dragon Airbus A320-200, registration B-HSD performing flight KA-8348 from Hong Kong (China) to Komatsu (Japan), was already enroute at FL330 over Taiwan about 370nm northeast of Hong Kong when the crew decided to return to Hong Kong after discovering that no charts for Komatsu were on board. The aircraft burned off fuel and landed safely back in Hong Kong about 2:45 hours after departure.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about 90 minutes while being refueled and receiving the needed maps for Komatsu, then departed again with a new crew and reached Komatsu with a delay of about 4 hours.


http://avherald.com/h?article=4a9ced39&opt=0


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Cathay Dragon KA8348 Turned Around Mid-Flight Because Pilot Forgot His Map

by Gary Leff on June 5, 2017

http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea....ot-forgot-map/
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