Cathay Pacific's "wet lease" cargo plane crashed into Lantau Island's Laohutou route four years ago and was diverted off course

Three years ago, Cathay Pacific Airways used a "wet lease", that is, a cargo plane operated by leased aircraft and crew. A serious accident occurred and nearly ran into Tiger Head on Lantau Island. Fortunately, there were no casualties and no damage to the aircraft.

The Civil Aviation Accident Investigation Agency completed the accident investigation, stating that the crew members used the RASSE 1E fixed-radius standard instrument to depart the field. When they were programmed into the flight management computer, the route was altered, causing the cargo plane to deviate from the course after takeoff, and made two suggestions.

The picture on the left shows the standard instrument departure procedure that should appear, but it was changed to the picture on the right at that time.

(Picture of Investigation Report)

The cargo plane involved deviated to the right from the published standard meter departure route at 11:44 pm on September 24, 2017, shortly after taking off from Road 07R of Hong Kong International Airport, and headed towards Laohutou, Lantau (1,527 feet high) Direction to fly.

The air traffic controller then notified the crew of the cargo plane to deviate from the course and instructed to turn left and return to the standard instrument departure route, and informed the crew of the mountain to the right of the cargo plane and instructed them to speed up the climb to 5,000 feet above sea level.

The cargo plane was about 2,000 feet above sea level. The enhanced ground approach warning system on the plane issued an alarm. The pilot immediately responded, causing the cargo plane to climb, and finally over the hill at an altitude of about 670 feet above the ground, and then returned to standard departure. route.

The investigation alleged that the junior deputy pilot did not review the aircraft settings

According to the investigation report, when the crew was preparing to take off, they planned to use the RASSE 3A fixed-radius standard instrument departure route, but ended up using RASSE 1E, which the crew was not familiar with. During this period, a waypoint named "PORPA" was named by another The waypoint of "PORSH" was replaced, and the departure route was changed.

According to the original route, the cargo plane should be able to turn right only after passing the "PORPA" waypoint, which did not appear in the route.

The report pointed out that the junior deputy pilot who carried out the flight did not review the settings of the aircraft and did not independently confirm the flight route.

The investigation team put forward two safety recommendations, including the recommended departure route for standard meters, which cannot be manually modified.

The flight path of the cargo plane at that time.

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