China Airlines flight avoids crash with mountain by 20 seconds
China Airlines flight avoids crash with mountain by 20 seconds
2025-06-30
A plane from Taiwan’s flag carrier was close to crashing against a mountain in South Korea last week. The China Airlines flight failed to make a turn while descending for landing at Busan, coming dangerously close to an area with high terrain. The pilot ultimately made the turn just in time to avert disaster. If the maneuver had happened just 20 seconds later, it could have ended in tragedy. Let’s hear more.
Chang Chih-hao
Former pilot
To land on Runway 18, you have to first go straight forward toward the mountain, so there are indicators that allow you to make a visual approach. For example, you must turn around before reaching the highway and then continue to descend after lining up with the runway. But if you fly past the highway as you descend, the terrain begins to rise, because it’s hilly in that area. That’s a flight safety hazard. Busan airport is special in that you have to undergo special training to land a plane there.
In the end the plane landed without incident. China Airlines says the plane did a go-around on its first landing attempt, as it did not achieve the required stable conditions. It did not have any issues on the second attempt, making it to its destination safe and sound. The airline says it will offer extra training for specific airports such as Busan.
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釜山機場空中驚魂! 華航降落"未依規轉彎"險撞山頭
2025-06-30
又有飛機在釜山機場上空，上演驚魂記。25號傍晚，一架華航班機，要降落釜山機場前，沒有按照規定即時轉彎，超越了界線，而前方就是地勢比較高的地方，如果再過20秒可能就會撞上，非常驚險。
[[前機師 張志豪]]
“在降落18跑道的時候，它必須先往前走，然後它會對著山脈那個地方來走，所以它會有一些指標，讓你做一個目視的進場，比方說他在某一個高速公路前，你就必須要完成這個轉彎，然後繼續再往，對正這個跑道，來做一個降落，當你超過這個高速公路，的確你還在下降當中，而且你前方的地形是往上升的，就是有一個山丘的地形，所以基本上它就會造成一些，飛行上的飛安風險，(釜山機場)它是一個特殊機場，基本上你要飛這個機場，你必須要受過特殊的訓練”
還好最終順利降落、人機平安，對此華航表示，當時準備降落時，因為航機未達穩定進場條件，為了確保飛行安全，依程序重飛。而第二次進場都符合穩定標準，順利降落，未來也會針對場站特性，加強組員訓練。
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