Operation of Xinzhou-60 plane may be stopped, again  

国产新舟60客机故障不断 制造商申请暂时停飞

昨晚8时左右，奥凯航空一架天津飞沈阳编号为BK2870次的航班(飞机型号为国产新舟60)，因飞行仪表显示起落架故障，在沈阳桃仙机场上空盘旋3小时后安全降落，机组人员和38名乘客均平安。[查看全文]

(ECNS)-- Operation of China's home-made Xinzhou-60 passenger plane may be halted after a plane of this type had to delay its landing due to a potential landing gear problem, the bjnews.com.cn reported on Wednesday.

The Xinzhou-60 passenger plane from Tianjin to Shenyang, Liaoning province, circled above Shenyang Taoxian International Airport for three hours on Tuesday night.

With 38 passengers on board, Flight BK2870, which was scheduled to arrive at 5:45 pm, finally landed at 8:18 pm. No casualties or damages were reported in the incident.

The plane is owned by Okay Airways.

Xi'an Aircraft International Corp (XAIC), manufacturer of the plane, said the instrument panel showed a landing gear malfunction.

The company said it will apply to the airworthiness department for halting the operation of Xinzhou-60 aircraft. An overall inspection will also be done on the landing gear system of the passenger planes.

The failure in landing gear system contributed to the nose-diving of another Xinzhou-60 aircraft as the plane tried to land in Zhengzhou, Henan province, on Feb 4 this year.

Operation of Xinzhou-60 aircraft was once stopped for 74 months after a plane owned by Wuhan Airlines landed on its belly due to a landing gear problem in 2002.

A Xinzhou-60 aircraft owned by Merpati Nusantara Airlines in Indonesia crashed in 2011, killing all 27 people aboard.