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Airbus A321-100 (A321-131)

A321-602Written off

RegistrationCNB-22603

TROperatorTransasia Airways

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Airbus A321-100 (A321-131) built in 1996. Operated for Transasia Airways.

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Nearly new · 7 years · ≈ 23,800 flight hours (approx.)

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Technical data

ManufacturerAirbus

Engines2× 2 x IAE V2530-A5

First flight1996

Country of registrationChina/Taiwán

MSN602

VerificationPending check against the official civil register

The model · Airbus A321

Figures for the A321-200 variant, the most representative of the family

Length44.5 m146 ft

Wingspan35.8 m117 ft

Height11.8 m39 ft

Range5,926 km3,200 NMWith a typical passenger load

Cruise speed828 km/h447 ktMach 0.78

Service ceiling12,131 m39,800 ftIt flies above Everest (1.4 times its height)

Maximum take-off weight93,500 kg206,132 lb

Maximum payload45,000 kg99,208 lbIts 185 passengers with baggage would weigh about 18.5 t; the rest is fuel and cargo

Typical capacity185 passengersUp to 230 in a high-density layout

Endurance7 h 09 minAt cruise speed, non-stop

With its 5,926 km range, from Taoyuan it could fly non-stop as far as:

BOMMumbai5,002 km DELNew Delhi4,373 km SINSingapore3,222 km BKKBangkok2,489 km NRTNarita2,181 km

Beyond its rangeDXBDubai6,555 km

The type first flew in 1993 (33 years ago) · About 3,400 units built · Still in production

Figures for the type, not for this particular aircraft: each variant and each configuration changes something. They are shown in both systems used in aviation.

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Airports

Airports of the airlines that have operated it

1996–2003Transasia Airways network of its single-aisle aircraft

Base

TPETaoyuan TSATaipei (Songshan)

Main destinations

KHHKaohsiung (Xiaogang)RMQTaichung (Qingshui)FOCFuzhou (Changle)MFMNossa Senhora do Carmo CSXChangsha (Changsha)HFEHefei NNGNanning (Jiangnan)PVGShanghai (Pudong)XMNXiamen XUZXuzhou

Flight logbook

Under research

Aircraft chronology

1996

Built

Assembled by Airbus.

Jun 19, 1996

Delivered to Transasia Airways

Delivered to Transasia Airways as F-WGYZ.

Jun 22, 1996

Re-registered

Changed from F-WGYZ to B-22603 (still with Transasia Airways).

Mar 21, 2003

Accident at Tainan Airport

On March 21, 2003, the Airbus A321-131 aircraft (registration B-22603), operated by TransAsia Airways, was involved in an accident at Tainan Airport (Taiwan) due to a collision with a works vehicle on the runway while landing. Source: the ASC (Taiwan).

What happened

Flight GE543 from Taipei landed at about 22:34 on runway 36 at Tainan, a joint civil-military airport, and during the landing roll struck a contractor's vehicle that had entered the runway for overnight repair work. The 169 passengers and 6 crew were unhurt; of the people in the vehicle, one was seriously injured and two slightly. The aircraft's left main landing gear side brace failed and the left rear fuselage was severely damaged, and it was written off. The investigation pointed to poor coordination between the civil and military authorities on construction safety and to the vehicle entering the runway without tower clearance.

Source: ASC

Operators

1996-06-19

Transasia Airways

Registration F-WGYZ

1996-06-22

Transasia Airways

Registration B-22603

In memoriam

This aircraft suffered a serious accident or hull loss. Out of respect for what happened and for the people who may have been affected, this record does not enable the register of memories.

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