CA428 nearly crashes into hills departing HKG
Jun 4, 2017, 11:48 pm
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CA428 nearly crashes into hills departing HKG
Air China 428 Hong Kong to Chendu. Pilot turns left too early almost crashing into terrain around Tai O.
http://www.australianfrequentflyer.c...ain-83205.html
http://www.australianfrequentflyer.c...ain-83205.html
Last edited by oopl; Jun 5, 2017 at 3:13 pm
Jun 5, 2017, 11:21 am
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Just saw that on SCMP. Looks like a very close call and very unclear with the CA pilot deviated from the normal departure route to begin with.
SCMP Link: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/h...ain-hong-kongs
SCMP Link: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/h...ain-hong-kongs
Jun 11, 2017, 8:36 pm
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Many reasons, also may be some local mainlander bigwigs on board nervous enough for the delay, thus the comrade pilot had to make do as quickly as possible. I don't know about the longhauls, but in the mainland domestic routes uncertainty is always most elevate and i never am entirely confident.