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Mistake by traffic control tower blamed for planes drama at city airport
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CERTAIN mistake from the staff of the traffic control tower at Hongqiao Airport is to blame for the drama yesterday, during which, a China Eastern Airlines passenger aircraft nearly bumped into another plane, the nation’s civil aviation regulator said today.
The Airbus 320 Flight MU5643 to Tianjin was taking off around noon yesterday when an Airbus 330 that had just landed, also owned by China Eastern, began taxiing to cross the runway. The A320 pilot opted to continue taking off as the speed of his aircraft had reached more than 230 kilometers per hour. The A320 safely flew closely over the A330.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China has examined the radar record, cockpit voice recorder and flying data of both aircraft as well as talking with the pilots and the air traffic controller on the control tower to conclude the preliminary investigation result, it said on its official website.
The administration established an investigation team overnight while further investigation is still under way, the watchdog said.
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