Xian MA60 crash, May 10, 2015, Fuzhou
Xian MA60 accident on May 10, 2015 near Fuzhou, Fujian, China with no fatalities. Cause: CAAC statements (as reported by The Aviation Herald): a hard...
- Date: May 10, 2015
- Aircraft: Xian MA60
- Location: Fuzhou, Fujian, China
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: CAAC statements (as reported by The Aviation Herald): a hard touchdown after a loss of lift, with thrust levers placed below flight idle near 38 ft and a vertical acceleration of about +6G; CAAC also found Joy Air safety management did not meet the regulations.
On 10 May 2015 a Joy Air MA60 operating flight JR1529 from Yiwu landed on Runway 03 at Fuzhou. The aircraft veered off the runway to the right, stopped on soft ground about 500 m past the threshold, and its engines struck the ground while the wings were nearly torn off. No one died and all 52 occupants were rescued, with seven injured; China's Civil Aviation Administration reported a hard landing with thrust levers below flight idle near touchdown.