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China Airlines Airbus aborted landing at Hong Kong airport

Hong Kong, China - Because of a nose gear trouble

Because of a problem to its forward landing gear, an Airbus A300-600 of China Airlines with 110 people on board, has been forced to abort the landing at the Hong Kong international airport. The pilot anyway carried out successfully the landing at the second attempt. "The occurrence was technical and minor in nature", stated a civil aviation spokeswoman. Fortunately none of the people aboard got injured....

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 30323
Rome, Italy, 06/26/2002 13:30
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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