http://www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl/news/?id=22486
Bijna 'overrun' toestel China Airlines tijdens start (video)
08-10-2007
SAGA - Een vliegtuig van China Airlines is vrijdag (5 oktober) ternauwernood ontsnapt aan een crash. Tijdens de start vanaf het Japanse Saga Airport had het toestel veel moeite om ‘los’ te komen. De Boeing 737-800 koos vlak voor het eind van de startbaan op het nippertje het luchtruim, zo blijkt uit videobeelden van de Japanse televisie.
Op de videobeelden lijkt het alsof het hoofdlandingsgestel iets op de grond raakt vlak voordat het toestel ‘airborne’ is. Gesuggereerd wordt dat het een lamp betrof, die na een inspectie kapot bleek te zijn.
Het vliegtuig keerde na een half uur terug op hetzelfde vliegveld, omdat de vliegers problemen ondervonden met de snelheidsmeters.
Het toestel is dezelfde Boeing 737 waarbij eind vorige maand een zeventig centimeter lange scheur in de romp werd gevonden. Het toestel was net gerepareerd en vertrok daarom zonder passagiers terug naar Taipei.
http://www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl/news/?id=22224 http://www.japannewsreview.com/socie...06page_id=2291
China Airlines jet hits ramp at end of Saga Airport runway
A China Airlines jet taking off from Saga Airport went 60 meters beyond its runway before it finally became airborne. The airplane was 30 minutes later forced to return to the same airport after the pilots experienced trouble with its speedometers, the Asahi Shimbun reports.
The jet, a Boeing 737-800, had just finished repairs after a 28 inch crack had been found in the plane’s fuselage last month, was not carrying any passengers and there were no injuries or damage reported.
The plane was unable to take off after having passed through the entire runway, and went 60 meters into the so-called “overrun zone.” The jet also hit one of the 5 ramps placed at the end of the overrun zone, probably with one of its wheels, airport officials commented. An AP report also suggested one of the lamps at the end of the runway had been discovered broken, although it was unclear whether it was linked to Friday’s incident.
According to an official from the Transport Ministry official there had been a discrepancy between the output of the pilot and co-pilot’s speedometers, which also made the pilot’s decide to return to Saga airport.
A China Airlines jet of the same model exploded into a fireball at Okinawa’s Naha Airport on Aug. 20, after all passangers and crew members had been evacuated to safety.
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...y-updated.html
A China Airlines (CAL) Boeing 737-800 nearly ran off the end of a runway on takeoff in southern Japan on 5 October.
The aircraft only got airborne at the end of the runway and the main landing gear appears to have hit something on the ground as it took off, according to television footage taken at the scene.
Some news reports say a broken runway light was later found at the end of the runway.
A CAL spokesman in Taipei says the incident happened at around 14:00 on 5 October at Japan’s Saga airport and it was the same aircraft that had been parked at Saga airport since 20 September undergoing repairs.
The aircraft, registered as B-16805, needed to be repaired because it had a 77cm crack in the rear fuselage.
When asked why the aircraft appeared to have been travelling down the runway slowly and only got airborne at the end, CAL’s spokesman says there was a problem with the aircraft’s speed indicator. There was a substantial difference between what the captain’s was showing and what the co-pilot’s was showing, he adds.
He also says that after takeoff the captain returned the 737 to Saga because he was concerned about the speed indicator and the fact that weather near Taiwan would be bad because of a typhoon.
There was no damage to the aircraft as a result of the takeoff and no passengers were on board because it was on a ferry flight back to Taiwan, he adds.
It is unclear whether the Japanese authorities will be investigating this latest incident, says the spokesman. He adds that when the aircraft eventually returns to Taiwan it will be grounded for a few days for inspections before entering commercial service.
A spokeswoman for Taiwan’s Aviation Safety Council (ASC) says that at this time the ASC has no plans to investigate the incident and is waiting to hear from its counterpart in Japan. It is a public holiday in Japan today.
