China Eastern A320 at Nanning on Jun 17th 2014, landed on taxiway

A China Eastern Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration B-6928 performing flight MU-2005 from Nanchang to Nanning (China), was on a VOR/DME approach to Nanning's runway 05 and cleared to land on runway 05 but touched down on the parallel taxiway A left of the actual runway. The aircraft rolled out without incident and taxied to the apron.

Aircraft and crew were grounded.

A replacement Airbus A320-200 registration B-6829 was dispatched to Nanning as flight MU-9003 and continued the next sector to Singapore (Singapore) reaching Singapore with a delay of 7.5 hours.

Nanning had built a new runway, which entered service in 2008, and converted the old 2400 meters long 45 meters wide runway into today's taxiway A.

Metars:

ZGNN 170400Z 36002MPS 290V080 9999 SCT030 BKN040 32/24 Q1004 NOSIG

ZGNN 170300Z VRB01MPS 9999 SCT023 32/24 Q1005 NOSIG

ZGNN 170200Z VRB02MPS CAVOK 30/24 Q1004 NOSIG

ZGNN 170100Z 02002MPS 360V070 CAVOK 29/23 Q1004 NOSIG

ZGNN 170000Z 05002MPS CAVOK 27/23 Q1003 NOSIG

ZGNN 162300Z 01003MPS 9999 FEW016 26/23 Q1003 NOSIG

VOR/DME approach 05 (Graphics: AIP China):

Aerodrome Chart (Graphics: AIP China):