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A Georgian Airlines Boeing 767 nearly landed on an unfinished runway at Xi’an Xianyang International Airport in China, as reported by The Aviation Herald. The incident occurred on May 28, 2025, when the aircraft was approaching the airport from Tbilisi International Airport (TBS). Cleared to land on runway 23L, the flight crew mistakenly aligned with runway 24L, which was under construction.
Xi’an air traffic control instructed the flight crew to execute a go-around. Following this directive, the aircraft landed safely on the correct runway without further incident. There were no injuries reported. "The Chinese civil aviation authority has announced an investigation into the incident."
The Boeing 767-300ER involved in this event is registered as 4L-GMC and is approximately 33.9 years old. It previously belonged to German leisure carrier Condor and has logged a total of 137,185 flight hours and 20,382 flight cycles as of early 2021.
