Air Asia A320 overrun

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http://www.airliners.net/photo/AirAsia/Airbus-A320-216/1848229/&sid=f797bc0f38e74c495ed37cde6268950d

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Accident: AirAsia A320 at Kuching on Jan 10th 2011, runway excursion on landing


An AirAsia Airbus A320-200, registration 9M-AHH performing flight AK-5218 from Kuala Lumpur to Kuching (Malaysia) with 123 passengers and 6 crew, landed on Kuching's runway 25 in heavy rain around 21:10L (13:10Z) but skidded to the right and came to a stand still off the paved surface between taxiways A1 and A2. No injuries occurred, the airplane received substantial damage.

The runway was closed for about 24 hours except for departures from runway 25 requiring aircraft to taxi onto the runway at taxiway A2 and backtrack 25. The available takeoff distance was reduced from 3840 to 2520 meters.

AirAsia as well as other airlines operating into Kuching have cancelled all flights in the meantime.

The airline reported that the weather was good enough for the approach and landing. The captain managed to bring the aircraft to a safe stop after the airplane veered off the runway, all passengers were evacuated thereafter as a precaution in line with the company's standard operating procedures. 4 passengers were taken to a local hospital for observation as a precaution and were released shortly after. Malaysia's Department of Civil Aviation is conducting an investigation in cooperation with the airline.http://avherald.com/img/airasia_a320_9m-ahh_kuching_110110_1.jpg

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http://avherald.com/img/airasia_a320_9m-ahh_kuching_110110_map.jpg

Será que se pode dizer que já tocou na pista tarde de mais?

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Aparenta ainda ter alcatrão. Parece ter havido um problema no steering...