Editing Xi'an MA60

{{short description|Regional airliner by Xi'an}}
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{{Infobox aircraft
 |name= MA60
 |image=File:B-3706 - Okay Airways - Modern Ark 60 - DLC (9575868910).jpg
 |caption=An [[Okay Airways]] Xi'an MA60
 |more_users= 
 |type= [[Turboprop]] [[Regional airliner#Turboprop regional aircraft|regional airliner]]
 |manufacturer= [[Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation]]
 |national_origin= [[China]]
 |designer=
 |first_flight= 25 February 2000<ref name="sohu20090816">[http://mil.news.sohu.com/20090816/n265994813.shtml 国产MA60（新舟60）飞机介绍] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100829031312/http://mil.news.sohu.com/20090816/n265994813.shtml |date=August 29, 2010 }}，{{lang|zh-CN|搜狐军事频道}}，16 August 2009</ref>
 |introduction= August 2000 with [[Sichuan Airlines]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deagel.com/Turboprop-Airliners/MA60_a001816001.aspx|title=MA60|work=deagel.com|access-date=March 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110064337/http://www.deagel.com/Turboprop-Airliners/MA60_a001816001.aspx|archive-date=January 10, 2016|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
 |retired=
 |status= In production
 |primary_user= [[Joy Air]]
 |produced= 2000–present
 |number_built= 110 (March 2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wcarn.com/cache/news/24/24682.html |title=Domestic-Made Regional Jet ARJ21 to Be Delivered in 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311020758/http://www.wcarn.com/cache/news/24/24682.html |archive-date=March 11, 2014 |df=mdy }}</ref>
 |unit cost= US$22 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/05/26/procurement-questions-clip-merpati%E2%80%99s-wings.html |title=Procurement questions clip Merpati's wings |work=thejakartapost.com |access-date=July 3, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714015131/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/05/26/procurement-questions-clip-merpati%E2%80%99s-wings.html |archive-date=July 14, 2015 }}</ref>
 |developed_from = [[Xi'an Y-7]]
 |developed_into= [[Xi'an MA600]]
}}

The '''Xi'an MA60''' ({{lang|zh-CN|新舟60}}, ''Xīnzhōu liùshí'', "Modern Ark 60") is a [[turboprop]]-powered [[airliner]] produced by China's [[Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation]] under the [[Aviation Industry Corporation of China]] (AVIC). The MA60 is a stretched version of the [[Xi'an Y-7|Xi'an Y7-200A]],<ref>[http://www.ma60.com/faq.htm "MA60 is derived from Y7-200A by the application of better-performance engine, state-of-the-art avionics package and new maintenance methodology."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223102400/http://www.ma60.com/faq.htm |date=February 23, 2009 }}</ref> which was produced based on the [[An-24]] to operate in rugged conditions with limited ground support and has [[STOL|short take-off and landing]] (STOL) capability.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/06/11/up-close-and-personal-with-xi%E2%80%99-ma60.html|title=Up close and personal with the Xi'an MA60 - The Jakarta Post|date=June 12, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612094202/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/06/11/up-close-and-personal-with-xi%E2%80%99-ma60.html|archive-date=June 12, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

The airplane received its type certificate from the Civil Aviation Administration of China in June 2000. The MA60 has not applied for FAA (US) and EASA (Europe) type certification, and is not certified for use in the European Union or the US.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/tonga/safety-and-security|title=Tonga travel advice - GOV.UK|work=www.gov.uk|access-date=July 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705080814/https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/tonga/safety-and-security|archive-date=July 5, 2015|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/05/09/quality-chinese-made-plane-questioned-after-crash.html |title=Quality of Chinese-made plane questioned after crash |work=The Jakarta Post |date=9 May 2011 |access-date=May 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510004348/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/05/09/quality-chinese-made-plane-questioned-after-crash.html |archive-date=May 10, 2011 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The general designer of MA-60 series is Lü Hai ({{lang|zh-CN|吕海}}).

==Variants==
* '''Xi'an MA60-100''': Reduced weight improved performance.<ref name = "Chinese">Komissarov & Gordon. “Chinese Aircraft”. Hikoki Publications. Manchester. 2008. {{ISBN|978-1-902109-04-6}}</ref>
* '''Xi'an MA60-MPA Fearless Albatross''': Maritime patrol and ASW variant offered for sale at Airshow China 2002.<ref name = "Chinese"/>
* '''Xi'an MA40''': Reduced capacity 40-seat variant offered for sale in 2002.<ref name = "Chinese"/>
* '''Xi'an MA60H-500''': A military cargo version of the MA-60, with rear cargo ramp.<ref name = "Chinese"/>
* '''[[Xi'an MA600]]''': A much improved MA60, the prototype of which was completed on 29 June 2008.<ref name = "Chinese"/>

==Operators==
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 by the end of 2016.<ref>[[Aviation Week & Space Technology]], 29 October 2007 issue, p. 66, ''Commercial Transport Update''</ref> The aircraft is popular with air charter companies and small feeder airlines, and is operated by private individuals and companies.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/asset/24536|title=World Airline Census 2018|website=Flightglobal.com|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106212640/https://www.flightglobal.com/asset/24536|archive-date=November 6, 2018|url-status=live|access-date=2018-08-26|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

=== Civil ===
; {{flag|China}}
* [[Joy Air]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/98451-chinas-joyair-looks-to-shift-main-operating-base|title = China's JoyAir looks to shift main operating base}}</ref>
[[File:Air Zimbabwe Xian MA60 Smith-1.jpg|thumb|A MA60 flying with Air Zimbabwe]]
;{{flag|Laos}}
* [[Lao Skyway]]

; {{flag|Zimbabwe}}
* [[Air Zimbabwe]] (stored)

=== Government ===
; {{flag|Angola}}
* [[National Air Force of Angola]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2022">{{cite web |last = |first = |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/flight-international/how-afghanistans-fall-reshaped-world-air-forces-inventory/146576.article|title = World Air Forces 2022|work= |publisher= Flightglobal Insight |year= 2022 |doi = |accessdate= 10 November 2022|url-access=registration}}</ref>
; {{flag|Cambodia}}
* [[Royal Cambodian Air Force]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2022"/> 
; {{flag|Cameroon}}
* [[Cameroon Air Force]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2022"/> 
; {{flag|China}}
* [[Civil Aviation Flight University of China]] 
* [[China Meteorological Administration]]<ref name="New order placed for MA60 artificial rain-making aircraft">{{cite web|url =http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-06/22/c_137274041.htm|title =New order placed for MA60 artificial rain-making aircraft|publisher =Xinhua|year =2018|access-date =2018-06-22|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20180622154104/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-06/22/c_137274041.htm|archive-date =June 22, 2018|url-status =dead|df =mdy-all}}</ref>
[[File:Merpati Xian MA60 after take off from Ngurah Rai Airport (2).jpg|thumb|A MA60 from [[Merpati Nusantara Airlines ]]]]
*[[People's Liberation Army Air Force]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2022"/>
; {{flag|Djibouti}}
* [[Djibouti Air Force]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2022"/>
; {{flag|Laos}}
* [[Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force|Laotian Army Air Force]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2022"/> 
; {{flag|Zambia}}
* [[Zambian Air Force]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2022"/>
; {{flag|Sri Lanka}}
* [[Sri Lanka Air Force]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2022"/>

==Accidents and incidents==
[[File:Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 6517 PK-MZO after crash landing 2.jpg|thumb|The Xi'an MA60 following the [[Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 6517]] accident]]
As of 13 November 2015, there had been 14 accidents involving the MA60.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Thompson|first1=Chuck|title='Unsafe' Chinese airplane hurting Tonga tourism|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/19/travel/ma60-real-tonga/|website=CNN|access-date=11 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613082427/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/19/travel/ma60-real-tonga/|archive-date=June 13, 2015|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> 
* On 11 January 2009, an MA60 operated by Philippine carrier [[Zest Airways]] crashed at [[Godofredo P. Ramos Airport|Caticlan Airport]] when it landed short of the runway, skidded out of control and crashed into a concrete barrier. The aircraft caught fire and suffered extensive damage to its wing, landing gear, undercarriage and one engine. Several passengers were injured.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/picture-zest-ma60-crashes-on-landing-in-philippines-320907/ |title=PICTURE: Zest MA60 crashes on landing in Philippines |work=Flight International |date=12 January 2009 |access-date=December 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126191806/http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/picture-zest-ma60-crashes-on-landing-in-philippines-320907/ |archive-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* In June 2009, an MA60 operated by Zest overshot the runway while trying to land at Caticlan airport. As a consequence of this accident lengthening of the runway and the flattening of a hill that obstructs one of its approaches was carried out.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/philippines-zest-ma60-overshoots-runway-at-caticlan-328812/ |title=Philippines' Zest MA60 overshoots runway at Caticlan |work=Flight International |date=25 June 2009 |access-date=December 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110064338/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/philippines-zest-ma60-overshoots-runway-at-caticlan-328812/ |archive-date=January 10, 2016 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* On 7 May 2011, [[Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 8968]] (with Indonesian registration PK-MZK) went into the sea only 500 metres from the runway<ref>{{cite web|url=http://antaranews.com/en/news/71211/three-bodies-from-crashed-merpati-plane-burried-in-papua |title=Three bodies from crashed Merpati plane {{sic|nolink=y|burr|ied|expected=buried}} in Papua |publisher=Antara News |access-date=9 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811134319/http://antaranews.com/en/news/71211/three-bodies-from-crashed-merpati-plane-burried-in-papua |archive-date=August 11, 2011 |df=mdy }}</ref> in bad weather with poor visibility on a visual approach to [[Kaimana Airport]], [[Kaimana]], [[West Papua (province)|West Papua]] in Indonesia. It had left [[Sorong Airport]] with 19 passengers and 6 crew members on board.,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13320313 | work=BBC News | title=Indonesia: 'No survivors' after plane crashes off Papua | date=7 May 2011 | access-date=June 22, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110508043343/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13320313 | archive-date=May 8, 2011 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}</ref> according to manifest 21 passenger and 4 crew,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Chong|first1=Aaron|title=Joy MA60 accident likely to be type's fifth hull loss|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/joy-ma60-accident-likely-to-be-type39s-fifth-hull-412141/|website=Flightglobal|access-date=11 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520181818/http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/joy-ma60-accident-likely-to-be-type39s-fifth-hull-412141/|archive-date=May 20, 2015|url-status=live|df=mdy-all|date=May 11, 2015}}</ref> All passengers and crew were killed, making this the first reported fatal accident for the Xi'an MA60. On 24 August 2011, Indonesia's Transportation Minister determined human error was to blame for the disaster.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/government-says-human-error-to-blame-for-merpati-airline-disaster/461414 |title=Government Says Human Error to Blame for Merpati Airline Disaster |work=The Jakarta Globe |access-date=July 3, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929145926/http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/government-says-human-error-to-blame-for-merpati-airline-disaster/461414 |archive-date=29 September 2012 }}</ref> 
* On 9 January 2012, a [[TAM – Transporte Aéreo Militar|TAM]] flight from [[Riberalta Airport]] to [[Guayaramerín Airport]], Bolivia operated by FAB-96 landed with the undercarriage not deployed due to a fault, resulting in substantial damage to the aircraft. There were no injuries amongst the five crew and sixteen passengers.<ref name="AH4490373f">{{cite web |url=http://avherald.com/h?article=4490373f |title=Accident: TAM Bolivia MA60 at Guayaramerin on Jan 9th 2012, gear up landing |first=Simon |last=Hradecky |publisher=The Aviation Herald |date=January 9, 2012 |access-date=10 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110064338/http://avherald.com/h?article=4490373f |archive-date=January 10, 2016 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* On 16 May 2013, a [[Myanma Airways]] flight from [[Heho Airport]] to [[Monghsat Airport]] in Myanmar overran the runway on landing, resulting in two serious injuries and substantial damage to the aircraft. The MA60 allegedly suffered a brake failure.<ref name=AH4625fd9f>{{cite web |url=http://avherald.com/h?article=4625fd9f |title=Accident: Myanma MA60 at Monghsat on May 16th 2013, runway excursion |first=Simon |last=Hradecky |publisher=The Aviation Herald |date=16 May 2013 |access-date=17 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110064337/http://avherald.com/h?article=4625fd9f |archive-date=January 10, 2016 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* On 10 June 2013, [[Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 6517]] (with Indonesian registration PK-MZO) from [[Bajawa]] to [[Kupang]], with 50 people on board landed hard at Kupang airport in [[East Nusa Tenggara]], [[Indonesia]]. Twenty-five people were injured. The plane, which was damaged beyond repair, lay on its belly on the runway with its engines jammed face down into the tarmac and its wings bent forward.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://avherald.com/h?article=46399869&opt=0 |title=Accident: Merpati MA60 at Kupang on Jun 10th 2013, landed short of runway and broke up |first=Simon |last=Hradecky |publisher=The Aviation Herald |date=10 June 2013 |access-date=11 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110064337/http://avherald.com/h?article=46399869&opt=0 |archive-date=January 10, 2016 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) has released a preliminary report on this accident. The preliminary report consisted of factual information collected until the preliminary report was published without analysis and conclusion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dephub.go.id/knkt/ntsc_aviation/baru/pre/Preliminary_Report_PK-MZO_Merpati.pdf |title=Aircraft Accident Investigation Report (Preliminary) Merpati Nusantara Airlines Xi'An Aircraft Industry MA60; PK-MZO El Tari Airport, Kupang Republic of Indonesia, 10 June 2013 |publisher=National Transportation Safety Committee |date=9 July 2013 |access-date=10 Jan 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131025123716/http://www.dephub.go.id/knkt/ntsc_aviation/baru/pre/Preliminary_Report_PK-MZO_Merpati.pdf |archive-date=October 25, 2013 }}</ref>
* On 10 June 2013, [[Myanma Airways]] flight UB309 from [[Mawlamyine]], [[Myanmar]], carrying four crew members and 60 passengers swerved off the runway upon landing at [[Kawthaung]]. The plane came to a stop in bushes about 60 metres to the west of the runway, with smoke coming from the left side propeller housing and the propellers on both wings damaged. There were no injuries. It is possible the captain was too early in switching the nosewheel steering to the 'taxi' mode during the landing roll and lost directional control. A similar incident occurred in December 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://avherald.com/h?article=4639a3ff&opt=0 |title=Incident: Myanma MA60 at Kawthaung on Jun 10th 2013, runway excursion |first=Simon |last=Hradecky |publisher=The Aviation Herald |date=10 June 2013 |access-date=11 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110064337/http://avherald.com/h?article=4639a3ff&opt=0 |archive-date=January 10, 2016 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* On 4 February 2014, [[Joy Air]] flight JR1533 from [[Taiyuan]], [[China]], carrying 7 crew members and 37 passengers, had a mechanical failure of the landing gear while landing at [[Zhengzhou]]. This caused the landing gear to break and the aircraft's nose cone to hit the tarmac. There were no injuries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20140204002520-260409|title=新鄭機場飛機降落墜地 無人傷亡|last=中時電子報|website=中時電子報|access-date=January 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116201030/https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20140204002520-260409|archive-date=January 16, 2019|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* On 10 May 2015, Joy Air flight JR1529 from [[Yiwu]] to [[Fuzhou]] with 45 passengers and 7 crew landed on Fuzhou runway 3 at about 11:57 but veered off the runway and came to a stop off the runway edge about 500 metres past the runway threshold and about 50 metres off the runway centerline with all gear on soft ground. The engines struck the ground causing the wings to be nearly torn off, and resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage and structure. 7 people on board were injured.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://avherald.com/h?article=4860c92d&opt=0|first=Simon|last=Hradecky|title=Accident: Joy MA60 at Fuzhou on May 10th 2015, runway excursion on landing|publisher=The Aviation Herald|date=10 May 2015|access-date=10 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110064337/http://avherald.com/h?article=4860c92d&opt=0|archive-date=January 10, 2016|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* On 13 November 2015, [[Lao Skyway]] flight LLL 265 overshot the runway at [[Vientiane]].<ref>{{cite news |title=2015-11-13 Lao Skyway MA-60 off runway at Vientiane » JACDEC |url=http://www.jacdec.de/2015/11/13/2015-11-13-lao-skyway-ma-60-off-runway-at-vientiane/ |access-date=9 October 2019 |publisher=[[JACDEC]] |language=de-DE}}</ref>

==Operational problems==
[[File:REALtonga MA60.jpg|thumb|Real Tonga's MA60 in 2014]]
The New Zealand Government suspended its programme of development aid to Tonga's tourism industry in July 2013 after an MA60 donated by the Chinese Government was delivered to the airline [[Real Tonga]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Arrow|first=Brendan|title=Tonga loses NZ aid over use of suspect Chinese aircraft|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-09/an-tonga-loses-nz-aid-over-use-of-suspect-chinese-aircraft/4809676|access-date=10 August 2013|newspaper=ABC News|date=10 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305040042/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-09/an-tonga-loses-nz-aid-over-use-of-suspect-chinese-aircraft/4809676|archive-date=March 5, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In August 2013 the New Zealand Government also issued a statement advising tourists to not travel on Real Tonga's MA60 on the grounds that "this aircraft has been involved in a significant number of accidents in the last few years", and the type "is not certified to fly in New Zealand or other comparable jurisdictions".<ref>{{cite news|last=Schwartz|first=Dominique|title=New Zealand issues traveller warning over Tonga's MA60 plane safety|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-10/nz-suspends-tonga-tourism-funding-over-plane-safety-fears/4878170|access-date=10 August 2013|newspaper=ABC News|date=10 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305042021/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-10/nz-suspends-tonga-tourism-funding-over-plane-safety-fears/4878170|archive-date=March 5, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tonga |url=http://www.safetravel.govt.nz/destinations/tonga.shtml |work=Safe Travel |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |access-date=10 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814215336/http://safetravel.govt.nz/destinations/tonga.shtml |archive-date=August 14, 2013 }}</ref> Real Tonga ceased operating the MA60 in early 2015 after the Tongan Government passed legislation adopting New Zealand's civil aviation regulations.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/world/notorious-tongan-plane-at-centre-of-nz-travel-warning-grounded-6231749|title=Notorious Tongan plane at centre of NZ travel warning grounded|access-date=17 August 2015|publisher=TVNZ|date=10 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305040614/https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/world/notorious-tongan-plane-at-centre-of-nz-travel-warning-grounded-6231749|archive-date=March 5, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> A proposal to re-establish [[Royal Tongan Airlines]] to operate the MA60 was reported later in the year.<ref>{{cite news|title=MA60 threat to Tonga's sole domestic carrier|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/276053/ma60-threat-to-tonga's-sole-domestic-carrier|access-date=17 August 2015|publisher=Radio New Zealand International|date=12 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324173818/http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/276053/ma60-threat-to-tonga's-sole-domestic-carrier|archive-date=March 24, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Of the 57 MA60s exported by January 2016, at least 26 were in storage after safety concerns, maintenance problems or performance issues; six others were damaged beyond repair.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/wall-street-journal/chinas-ma60-safety-record-undermines-aviation-dream/news-story/49930bdb0e3d697bf88b97be21e06365 |title= China's MA60 safety record undermines aviation dream |author= Daniel Stacey and Chun Han Wong |date= March 20, 2016 |work= Wall Street Journal }}</ref>

On 26 March 2019 the Cameroon Civil Aviation Authority (CCAA) suspended the airworthiness certificate of the MA60 following a tail strike accident. The aircraft was allowed to operate again one day later.<ref>{{cite news|title=Accident: Camair MA60 at Bafoussam on Mar 10th 2019, tail strike|url=http://avherald.com/h?article=4c5dffef&opt=0|access-date=1 April 2019|date=26 March 2019}}</ref>

In August 2020, [[Nepal Airlines]] grounded its fleet of 2 MA60s due to their sub-standard performance and high operating costs. The aircraft had been acquired in 2012 and as per a Nepal Airlines board member, "The 2012 decision to buy the aircraft was prompted by greed for commissions. The Nepali experts submitted a fabricated report. The [[Harbin Y-12|Y12E]] was compared with the [[de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter|Twin Otter]], and the MA60 was compared with the [[ATR 72]]. Nepal Airlines is paying the price now".<ref name="Nepal">{{cite news|date=17 July 2020|title=Nepal Airlines retires MA-60s, Y12Es|publisher=Ch-Aviation|url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/93228-nepal-airlines-retires-ma-60s-y12es}}</ref>

==Specifications (MA60)==
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|ceiling m=7620
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==See also==
{{aircontent|
|related=
* [[Xi'an Y-7]]
* [[Antonov An-24]]
* [[Xi'an MA600]]
|similar aircraft=
* [[Antonov An-140]]
* [[ATR 72]]
* [[Bombardier Dash 8]]
* [[CN-235]]
* [[Fokker 50]]
* [[Ilyushin Il-114]]
* [[Saab 2000]]
|lists=
* [[List of airliners]]
|see also=<!-- other relevant information -->
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}
* Jackson, Paul. ''Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004''. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group, 2003. {{ISBN|0-7106-2537-5}}.

==External links==
{{commons category|Xian MA60}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061211094856/http://www.ma60.com/ MA60 Homepage]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120922020853/http://www.airforceworld.com/pla/english/ma60-airliner-china-xian-turoprop.html MA60 aircraft promotion videos and intro]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070312071109/http://en-1.ce.cn/Industries/Aerospare/200412/21/t20041221_2625991.shtml China Economic net article]
* [http://english.people.com.cn/english/200003/13/eng20000313T111.html People's Daily description]
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