Summary
- China Eastern Airlines Boeing 777-300ER performed a go-around on account of wind shear during landing at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.
- The aircraft eventually landed safely with a delay and was not scheduled to fly back to Shanghai until the subsequent day.
- China Eastern Airlines has a fleet of 20 Boeing 777-300ERs and operates every day flights between Shanghai and Amsterdam, competing on the route with KLM.
A China Eastern Airlines Boeing 777-300ER performed a go-around while landing on runway 27 at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS). The incident took place on January fifteenth because the aircraft was arriving from Shanghai, and is believed to have been brought on by a lack of stability on the approach because of this of wind shear.
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When performing a go-around, the flight crew will apply full thrust and lift the landing gear before retracting the flaps and awaiting further instruction from air traffic control. It’s estimated that go-arounds occur in up to 3 in every 1,000 approaches.
China Eastern Airlines and the Boeing 777-300ER
The Boeing 777-300ER operating flight MU771 on January fifteenth was registered as B-2022. The aircraft was delivered latest to China Eastern Airlines in July 2015 and has a complete capability of 316 passengers in a three-class configuration – six in firstclass, 52 in business class, and 258 in economy class.
The most recent data from ch-aviation shows that China Eastern Airlines has 20 Boeing 777-300ERs in its fleet. The carrier deploys its largest aircraft to a variety of domestic, regional, and international destinations, including Paris (CDG), Los Angeles (LAX), Singapore (SIN), and Chengdu (CTU). China Eastern Airlines’ widebody fleet can be made up of six Boeing 787s, 30 Airbus A330-200s, 26 A330-300s, and 20 A350-900s.
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The airline flies once per day between Shanghai and Amsterdam and faces competition on the route from KLM, which also operates one every day flight with its Boeing 777 aircraft. Nevertheless, flights operated by the Dutch flag carrier have an extended block time of around 14 hours, as they’re currently unable to overly Russian airspace.
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