13 Nov 2015 06:45
(UTC)
Source:
WCARN
Airports / Routes
Evacuation Slide Opens After Air China A330 Lands at Guangzhou Airport
An emergency evacuation slide opened on an Air China (CA) Airbus A330 aircraft after it landed at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) on Friday noon, said a source familiar with the matter.
The emergency evacuation slide near the door 2L accidentally deployed by a passenger on the flight after the aircraft taxied to the apron, according to a Weibo post by @flyjohn. No injuries were reported.
Flight CA4307, operated by Air Chin's Southwest Branch, took off from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) at 10:01 a.m. and arrived at Guangzhou airport at 11:55 a.m., according to VariFlight, China's leading flight status service provider.
The A330-300 aircraft, Registration B-5912, was handed over to the branch company on Feb. 19, 2014.
An industry insider said the incident could cause at least 200,000 yuan losses to the airline.