Ahtong 1st Gear August 25, 2011 Share August 25, 2011 LINK SHANGHAI : A Chinese pilot's refusal to give up his landing slot to a passenger plane that issued a distress call to say it was running out of fuel almost caused a disaster, state media reported Thursday. China's privately-owned Juneyao Airlines confirmed that one of its pilots refused to give way when a Qatar Airways plane contacted air traffic controllers at Hongqiao airport, asking permission to land immediately. The pilot of the Qatar plane said it had just five minutes' worth of fuel left after it was diverted from Shanghai, the Global Times newspaper reported, adding that a disastrous accident was only narrowly averted. The Qatar plane was travelling from Doha to Shanghai when it was ordered to divert due to a thunderstorm on August 13. Air traffic controllers in Hongqiao, about 45 kilometres (30 miles) from Shanghai, ordered the Juneyao pilot to circle the airport and allow the Qatar plane to land first, but the pilot refused. The Global Times said the Juneyao pilot claimed he had been waiting "a long time" and needed to land "right now", citing comments posted online. Shanghai-based Juneyao Airlines, which was founded in 2005, said the pilot and crew had been suspended pending the outcome of the investigation, but that the "rumours on the Internet are far from the truth". "It remains doubtful whether the fuel on the Qatar Airways plane was really fewer than five minutes," the paper quoted a spokeswoman as saying. "And why didn't it inform the tower controller earlier?" At one point, the two aircraft came perilously close for there to be a risk of collision, according to an aviation forum quoted in The Global Times. "A Mayday is rare and means the plane is in an extreme emergency and may even face the danger of a crash," the paper quoted an unnamed senior air traffic control official as saying. China's civil aviation authority said in a statement it was investigating the incident and those responsible would be "severely punished". The Qatar plane landed safely after the incident. - AFP/ir ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1fast1 Supersonic August 25, 2011 Share August 25, 2011 (edited) Awesome demonstration of "kiasuism" by the PRC pilot. Edited August 25, 2011 by Turboflat4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mllcg 3rd Gear August 25, 2011 Share August 25, 2011 -.-. Qatar is one of the best airlines of the world. why would they b-------t on the amount of fuel left? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ender Hypersonic August 25, 2011 Share August 25, 2011 And i thought not giving way was a sgrean driver traits.. But PRC beat us in this, by not giving way for emergency.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shull Turbocharged August 25, 2011 Share August 25, 2011 And i thought not giving way was a sgrean driver traits.. But PRC beat us in this, by not giving way for emergency.. Plane somemore.. [laugh] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soya Supersonic August 25, 2011 Share August 25, 2011 title sounds misleading. sounds like PRC was the pilot of Qatar airways. but when i took jetstar recently, the co-pilot was a PRC. dunno wat he was trying to say during the announcements..... got me abit worried whether control tower oso blur or not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vhtfhwlego Supercharged August 25, 2011 Share August 25, 2011 If that Qatar really did crash, it will be broadcast "seconds from disasters". Then we will really know who is telling the truth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laworder17 1st Gear August 25, 2011 Share August 25, 2011 If that Qatar really did crash, it will be broadcast "seconds from disasters". Then we will really know who is telling the truth. Then i think we wait a few year before it can be film, as investigation will take a few months to years. Sometime even without conclusion.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianjones August 25, 2011 Share August 25, 2011 Sounds like a Singaporean as in the kiasuis I often see singaporeans getting really anal about who is first and who has the "rights" of way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonTan 2nd Gear August 25, 2011 Share August 25, 2011 Good to know. Very competitive nature! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leok777 Clutched August 25, 2011 Share August 25, 2011 They seem to outdo each other with every passing day. This is absolutely shambolic if its true, and that pilot would have flown his last plane, but then again its china.....he might get an award instead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Civic2000 Supercharged August 25, 2011 Share August 25, 2011 The PRC don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwchan 1st Gear August 25, 2011 Share August 25, 2011 usually international flight got priority in landing cos they usually got less fuel after a long flight. may be the PRC pilots got pressured by the airline to save fuel, that's why they were forced to cut queue? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiadaw 6th Gear August 25, 2011 Share August 25, 2011 Some of these PRC people are really crazy. I have my fair share of experience. I can accept (but not approve) them being kiasu & cut queue. Afterall its their country, & its part of their culture, but to not give way when lives are at stake! While I can't say I am surprise, but its still pretty scary the type that people that flies planes are like that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahtong 1st Gear August 25, 2011 Author Share August 25, 2011 Should have scrambled the air force. I wonder if he will give way to a pair of sidewinders. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mllcg 3rd Gear August 25, 2011 Share August 25, 2011 Should have scrambled the air force. I wonder if he will give way to a pair of sidewinders. how to dodge sidewinders? lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigershark1976 Turbocharged August 25, 2011 Share August 25, 2011 knn... u all better dun say singaporean is kiasu... PRC is 10x more kiasu !! give way for emergency landing also cannot?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitvip Supersonic August 25, 2011 Share August 25, 2011 Pilot can disobey Control Tower meh? ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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