CAAV delves into VietJet after closed runway landing

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) will subject VietJet Air to special monitoring following an incident where an aircraft landed on a closed runway at Nha Trang’s Cam Ranh International. The VietJet Airbus A320 was operating flight VJ689 on the Nha Trang-Ho Chi Minh City route. A few minutes into the flight the crew detected an unspecified “technical warning.” The crew returned to Nha Trang and landed on a runway that has been completed but which has yet to open. A similar incident occurred April 30, when a Vietnam Airlines A321 also landed on the same closed runway, which was then under construction. Should the agency be satisfied by Jan 15, the regime will be lifted. If it is not satisfied VietJet will be subjected to what the CAAV refers to a “special phase 2 supervision.” <br/>