Plane skids off runway as heat melts tarmac in China’s Zhejiang
August 10, 2013 Leave a comment
Plane skids off runway as heat melts tarmac in Zhejiang
Staff Reporter 2013-08-09
The Air China airbus, off the mark. (Photo/CFP); The wheels of the aircraft stuck on the runway. (Internet photo)
Seventy-four passengers aboard an Air China flight ended up off the runway when the plane skidded out of control at Yiwu airport in Zhejiang province in eastern China. Fortunately, no casualties were reported, according to the local Qianjiang Evening Post. The main wheels of flight CA4538 sunk into a pothole as it rolled down the runway when preparing to take off, which effectively disabled the aircraft. The airport was closed immediately after the accident. The passengers on the plane disembarked and the plane was moved onto a safe surface. More than 200 passengers in the airport were transferred to Xiaoshan airport in the provincial capital Hangzhou. The state of the asphalt was attributed to the record-setting heatwave currently affecting Zhejiang and most of south China where temperatures have risen above 40°C.
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