B-HLL, the A330 involved in the accident, photographed in 2011 after it had been returned to service.
Occurrence
Date
13 April 2010
Summary
Engine failure due to fuel contamination[1]
Site
Hong Kong International Airport, after landing on runway 07L 22°18′32″N113°54′52″E / 22.30889°N 113.91444°E / 22.30889; 113.91444
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Airbus A330-300
Operator
Cathay Pacific
IATA flight No.
CX780
ICAO flight No.
CPA780
Call sign
CATHAY 780
Registration
B-HLL
Flight origin
Juanda International Airport, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
Destination
Hong Kong International Airport
Occupants
322
Passengers
309
Crew
13
Fatalities
0
Injuries
63[2][3]
Survivors
322
Cathay Pacific Flight 780 was a flight from Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, Indonesia, to Hong Kong International Airport[4] on 13 April 2010. On board were 309 passengers and a crew of 13. As Flight 780 neared Hong Kong, the crew were unable to change the thrust output of the engines. The aircraft, an Airbus A330-300, landed at almost twice the speed of a normal landing, suffering minor damage. The 57 passengers who sustained injuries were hurt in the ensuing slide evacuation; one of them received serious injuries.[3][2]
The cause of the accident was contamination of the fuel taken on board at Surabaya, which gradually damaged both engines of the aircraft.[5]
The flight's two Australian pilots, Captain Malcolm Waters and First Officer David Hayhoe, who safely landed the aircraft despite the extraordinary challenge, have been compared to pilots Chesley Sullenberger and Jeffrey Skiles of US Airways Flight 1549 the previous year (January 2009). In March 2014, the two Flight 780 pilots were awarded the Polaris Award by the International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations for their heroism and airmanship.[5]
Captain Waters, who was 35 years old, had been working for Cathay Pacific for 12 years, while 37-year-old First Officer Hayhoe had been working for Cathay Pacific for 3 years and had previously served with the Royal Australian Air Force for 11 years.
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^ ab"AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT REPORT 2/2013 : Report on the accident to Airbus A330-342 B-HLL operated by Cathay Pacific Airways Limited at Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong on 13 April 2010" (PDF). Civil Aviation Department. 3 July 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
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^"CX780 Flight, Cathay Pacific, Surabaya to Hong Kong". www.flightr.net. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
^ ab"Pilots reveal death-defying ordeal as engines failed on approach to Chek Lap Kok". South China Morning Post. 20 April 2014. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
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