| Date: | Thursday 10 September 1998 |
| Time: | 23:07 |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas MD-11 |
| Owner/operator: | China Eastern Airlines |
| Registration: | B-2173 |
| MSN: | 48497/512 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1992 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4810 hours |
| Cycles: | 1571 flights |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney PW4460 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 137 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Shanghai-Hongqiao Airport (SHA) -
 China
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Shanghai-Hongqiao Airport (SHA/ZSSS) |
| Beijing-Capital International Airport (PEK/ZBAA) |
An MD-11, operated as China Eastern Airlines flight 586, made an emergency landing at Shanghai, China. The airplane was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from Shanghai to Beijing. Shortly after takeoff the flightcrew reported that the nose landing gear did not retract properly. They tried to cycle the gear but could not get a safe indication in either the extended or retracted position. After flying around for about 3 1/2 hours, they returned to the Shanghai airport where they made several "firm landings" on the main landing gear to try to free the nose landing gear. After this proved to be unsuccessful, they landed the airplane with the nose gear retracted.
The airplane was significantly damaged and 6 passengers and 3 flight attendants out of the 120 passengers and 18 crewmembers suffered minor injuries during the emergency evacuation after the aircraft came to rest.
A movie was made based on this incident in 1999, dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the People's Republic of China: "Emergency forced landing".
Sources:
BBC
Flight International
NTSB
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Images:
photo (c) JXY; Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG/VHHH); 06 August 1994
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