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FedEx cargo plane takes off and deviates from the course and crashes into Da Mo Shan, air traffic control orders to climb sharply and turn to avoid disaster

2020-08-09T23:25:33.586Z


A thrilling incident occurred earlier at Hong Kong International Airport. It is understood that on April 1 this year, a cargo plane departing from Hong Kong International Airport to Taipei Taoyuan International Airport suddenly deviated from the course to the left and crashed into Da Mo Shan to the north. Fortunately, the Air Traffic Control Center discovered in time that the controller instructed the cargo plane to immediately climb and turn right, and finally avoided a catastrophe. When the cargo plane turned right, it had flown over Tai Lam Chung Reservoir. "Hong Kong 01" is inquiring about the incident with the civil aviation accident investigation agency.


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Written by: Liu Ding'an

2020-08-10 04:55

Last update date: 2020-08-10 04:55

A thrilling incident occurred earlier at Hong Kong International Airport. It is understood that on April 1 this year, a cargo plane departing from Hong Kong International Airport to Taipei Taoyuan International Airport suddenly deviated from the course to the left and crashed into Da Mo Shan to the north. Fortunately, the Air Traffic Control Center discovered in time that the controller instructed the cargo plane to immediately climb and turn right, and finally avoided a catastrophe. When the cargo plane turned right, it had flown over Tai Lam Chung Reservoir. "Hong Kong 01" is inquiring about the incident with the civil aviation accident investigation agency.

The incident was a FedEx FedEx Boeing 777F freighter with registration number N884FD. The incident occurred on April 1 this year, when the cargo plane flew FX14 from Hong Kong to Taipei. Checking the dialogue between the cargo plane and the Air Traffic Control Center and the information on the flight tracking website at that time, we learned that at 4:43 pm, Japan Port Time, Flight FX14 took off from the South Runway (Runway 07R) of Hong Kong International Airport. The departure staff at the Hong Kong Airport instructed the FX14 to climb to an altitude of 25,000 feet. However, radar showed that the cargo plane that was going to fly directly suddenly turned to the left, flying over the course of the north runway before continuing to the left.

At this time, the departure staff noticed that the cargo plane had deviated from the course and immediately issued a "terrain ahead" warning, accelerated the climb to 4,300 feet, and flew towards the PORPA waypoint (the original route). At that time, the height of the freighter was 2,900 feet, and the highest peak of the Tai Mo Shan, which the freighter was pointing at, was 957 meters, or 3,140 feet, which was in danger of hitting the mountain. The departure crew issued the same warning twice, during which the pilot was unsure of hearing and asked about the need to climb altitude. The departure crew again pointed out that they must immediately climb to 4,300 feet and warned that the front was approaching the terrain, and turned to the right. 120 degrees.

When the FX14 cargo plane reached 4,300 feet, it was already above Siu Lam, Tuen Mun. When the FX14 successfully turned to the right, it was already above the mountains of Tai Lam Chung Reservoir, flying at an altitude of 4,900 feet. The departure staff believed that the cargo plane had been out of danger, and then determined that the pilot had flown according to the procedure route (route OCEAN2A), and then asked what happened before.

The departure officer asked the pilot why the freighter did not follow the "Standard Departure Procedure" (SID) flight, but instead was heading to the left. The pilot responded: "Incorrect switch". After receiving the answer from the departure seat, it continued to instruct the cargo plane to fly and climb to 25,000 feet in accordance with the procedure, and then hand it over to the radar seat personnel to continue to command the flight. The cargo plane finally landed safely at Taipei Taoyuan Airport.

At the time of the incident, the cargo plane was flying at a speed of about 200 knots (about 370 kilometers per hour). If the pilot ignored it and continued to fly directly, there would be a chance to shake up the hillside in less than a minute.

"Hong Kong 01" is inquiring about the incident with the civil aviation accident investigation agency.

At 9 o'clock in the evening on June 4, 2017, an Air China flight CA428 flying from Hong Kong to Chengdu took off from runway 25L of Hong Kong International Airport and suddenly deviated to the left from the course and crashed into the Tai O Mountain. The air traffic controller immediately ordered the Air China passenger plane to turn right and quickly climb to 5,000 feet. Fortunately, it successfully avoided the danger.

On June 26, 2016, a Shenzhen Airlines ZH9041 aircraft coming to Hong Kong from Jinjiang flew below a safe altitude for a while and required a go-around. However, it passed over the Buddha during the go-around, which was dangerous. Fortunately, the pilot finally obeyed the air traffic controller's instructions and the aircraft returned to the correct course and landed safely.

According to the information on the flightradar24 website, the FX14 cargo plane suddenly turned left after taking off and nearly hit the hillside.

According to the aeronautical chart of Hong Kong International Airport, if you use 07R to take off, you must use channel OCEAN2A and fly to the waypoint PORPA.

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Source: hk1

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