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Cathay Pacific Flight 780
Cathay Pacific Flight 780 was a flight from Surabaya Juanda International Airport in Indonesia to Hong Kong International Airport on 13 April 2010. There were 309 passengers and a crew of 13 on board. As Flight 780 neared Hong Kong the crew were unable to change the thrust output of the engines. The aircraft, an Airbus A330-342, landed at almost twice the speed of a normal landing, suffering minor damage. The 57 passengers who sustained injuries were hurt in the ensuing slide evacuation; one of
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Aircraft.
The aircraft involved in the accident was an Airbus A330-342, registration B-HLL (cn 244), fitted with Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines. It first flew on 4 November 1998 and was delivered to Cathay Pacific three weeks later on 25 November 1998.
Accident.
Cathay Pacific Flight 780 was at Stand No.8 at Juanda International Airport, it took off from runway 28 from the airport at 08:24 local time (01:24 UTC). During the climb, both engines