B-6419, the aircraft involved, seen in June 2014 at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
Incident
Date
14 May 2018 (2018-05-14)
Summary
Windshield failure due to a leaking seal, leading to uncontrolled decompression
Site
Near Xiaojin County, Sichuan Province, China
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Airbus A319-133[1]
Operator
Sichuan Airlines
IATA flight No.
3U8633
ICAO flight No.
CSC8633
Call sign
SI CHUAN 8633
Registration
B-6419
Flight origin
Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport, Chongqing, Yubei District, China
Destination
Lhasa Gonggar Airport, Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
Occupants
128
Passengers
119
Crew
9
Fatalities
0
Injuries
2
Survivors
128[2]
Sichuan Airlines Flight 8633 was a flight from Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport to Lhasa Gonggar Airport on 14 May 2018, which was forced to make an emergency landing at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport after the cockpit windshield failed.[3] The aircraft involved was an Airbus A319-100. The incident was adapted into the 2019 film The Captain and was also featured in the documentary series Mayday.
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^"20分钟 奇迹备降" [20 minutes, miracle diverted]. West China City Daily (in Chinese). 15 May 2018. Archived from the original on 3 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
^Goh, Brenda (15 May 2018). "Sichuan Airlines co-pilot 'sucked halfway' out of cockpit, captain says". Reuters. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
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