Created Tuesday, Jun 3rd 2025 16:39Z, last updated Tuesday, Jun 3rd 2025 16:46Z
A Georgian Airlines Boeing 767-300, registration 4L-GMC performing flight GH-1180 (dep May 27th) from Tbilisi (Georgia) to Xian (China), was cleared to land on Xian's runway 23L at about 05:30L (21:30Z May 27th), but aligned with the runway under construction immediately to the left, which is under construction and is to become runway 24L. Tower instructed the aircraft to go around, the crew aborted the approach, repositioned for another approach and landed without further incident.
The aircraft remained on the ground for about 15 hours before returning to Tbilisi.
China's Authorities have opened an investigation.
The airport reported a foreign aircraft approached the wrong runway and was instructed to go around. The runway, still under construction, is just undergoing preparation for becoming active, it had just been powered and lit up for debugging purposes.
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