Incident: Air China A319 over China on June 4th 2008, developing hole in wing
By Simon Hradecky, created Tuesday, Jun 10th 2008 13:31Z, last updated Tuesday, Jun 10th 2008 14:21Z
An Air China Airbus A319-100, registration B-6225 performing flight CA1431 from Beijing to Kunming (China), returned to Beijing after a passenger noticed a hole at the right wing root about 30 minutes into the flight. While the airplane returned, the hole widened further. The airplane landed safely at Beijing.
A replacement aircraft, a Boeing 737-800 with registration B-5170, then performed the flight with a delay of close to 4 hours.
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wow, so close to disaster
