Incident: Air China A319 at Yiwu on Aug 4th 2013, aircraft sank into asphalt while backtracking runway

[michgyver 0]

An Air China Airbus A319-100, registration B-2364 performing flight CA-4538 from Yiwu to Chengdu (China) with 74 passengers, was backtracking runway 02 around noon in heat and bright sunshine to position for departure when after crossing the runway threshold to turn around on the runway end safety area the main wheels began to sink into the asphalt of the paved surface effectively disabling the aircraft.

 

The airport was closed until the passengers had disembarked and the aircraft had been moved back onto safe paved surface. By then the aircraft had sunk in by about 10 cm/4 inches.

 

The airport suspects that the unusual heat paired with the extreme bright sunshine caused the asphalt of the runway end safety area to soften to the point where it couldn't support the 60 tons of the aircraft weight anymore.

[Fairul 0]

The unusual heat? Lol...cant they come with a better excuse?

[Cire 0]

So the builders did not anticipate the geological factors now? Apparently a lot of issues were not expected when they build mega structures..

[BC Tam 2]

So the builders did not anticipate the geological factors now?

According to the report up there, it's more like meteorological factors instead

(to me sounds more like someone trying to save face for designer and builder )

Edited August 8, 2013 by BC Tam

[Fairul 0]

 

So the builders did not anticipate the geological factors now? Apparently a lot of issues were not expected when they build mega structures..

I dont think so...you dont see the runways pavement in doha or dubai melt..this is more to substructure failure