MA60
Lao Airlines Xian MA60
Role	Turboprop airliner
Manufacturer	Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation under the China Aviation Industry Corporation I
First flight	2000
Introduced	2000
Status	In production
Primary user	China
Produced	2000 - present
Number built	25+
Unit cost	$12.5 million (2006) [1]
Developed from	Antonov An-26

The Xian MA60 (新舟60, Xīnzhōu 60, "Modern Ark 60") is a turboprop-powered airliner made by China's Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation under the China Aviation Industry Corporation I (AVIC I). The MA60 is a stretched version of the Xian Y7-200A, and a close copy of the Antonov An-26 cargo plane.^[2]

The airplane received its type certificate from the Civil Aviation Administration of China in June 2000. The first aircraft was delivered to Sichuan Airlines in August 2000.^[3]

As of October 2006, XAC has received over 90 MA60 orders. The factory had delivered 23 MA60s by the end of 2006, and expects to deliver an additional 165 units by the end of 2016.^[4]

[edit] Variants

• MA60 : Twin-engined airliner.
• MA60-MPA : Proposed military patrol version.

[edit] Accidents and incidents

• On 11 January 2009, Zest Airways Flight 865, a Xian MA60 with 22 passengers three crew aboard, undershot runway 06 when it landed at Godofredo P. Ramos Airport, swerved sharply to the left when it touched the runway after the initial impact and hit a concrete barrier seriously damaging its nose. The plane's landing gears and propellers also suffered major damage. Three people were injured. There were no fatalities.^[5]

• On 25 June 2009, Zest Airways Flight 863, a Xian MA60 with 54 passengers and five crew aboard, overshot the runway when it landed at Godofredo P. Ramos Airport. There were no injuries. ^[6]

• On 3 November 2009, Xian MA60 UM-239 of Air Zimbabwe hit five warthogs on take-off from Harare International Airport. The take-off was successfully aborted but the undercarriage collapsed, causing substantial damage to the aircraft.^[7][8]

[edit] Operators

Bolivia

• TAM - Transporte Aéreo Militar - 2 in service

Republic of Congo

• Air Congo Int'l - 3 in service

Indonesia

• Merpati Nusantara Airlines - 2 in service

Laos

• Lao Airlines - 4 in service

People's Republic of China

• Civil Aviation Flight University of China
• Okay Airways - 1 in service, 29 on order^[9]
• Joy Air (Xingfu Airlines) - 3 in service, 47 on order
• Sichuan Airlines
• Wuhan Airlines

Philippines

• Zest Airways - 4 currently in service, 1 written off after an accident, 6 additional MA60 ordered on 30 May, 2009)

Zambia

• Zambian Air Force - 2 in service

Zimbabwe

• Air Zimbabwe - 2 in service, 1 crashed on 3 November 2009

• Ecuadorian Air Force is negotiating for 4 MA60 (August 2009)

[edit] Specifications (MA60)

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Capacity: 60 passengers
• Length: 24.31 m (81 ft 0 in)
• Wingspan: 29.20 m (95 ft 11 in)
• Height: 8.89 m (29 ft 2 in)
• Wing area: 75 m² (807 ft²)
• Powerplant: 2× Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127J Turboprop, 2052 kW (2750 shp) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 514 km/h (278 KTAS)
• Range: 1,430 km (775 nm)
• Service ceiling: 7,622 m (25,000 ft)

[edit] See also

Related development

• Antonov An-24/Xian Y-7
• Xian MA600
  

Comparable aircraft

• Antonov An-140
• Ilyushin Il-114
• ATR 72
• Dash 8
• CASA CN-235
  

Related lists

• List of airliners
  

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Xian MA60

• MA60 Homepage
• China Economic net article
• People's Daily description

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