Asiana A320 slides off runway in Japan

An Asiana A320 from Inchon South Korea, to Hiroshima Japan veered off the runway on landing. Reports are that it suffered a tail strike and ended up facing the opposite direction. There were 74 passengers and 7 crew on board, there were 23 minor injuries reported.

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Some stills in this video if the reporting is genuine.

a reply to: smurfy

Other reports say that part of a antenna from a nearby Comms building was found caught in the landing gear, and that there is damage to at least one of the engines as well.

They're reporting light rain and fog in the area at the time of the landing.

originally posted by: Zaphod58
They're reporting light rain and fog in the area at the time of the landing.

Rain and Fog affects ILS?

a reply to: bullcat

They still need to see the runway, and still need to have a dry enough surface that they don't hydroplane, now don't they.

The left main landing gear clipped an antenna near the runway on final, and the tail struck the runway when they flared for landing.

That was a wild ride.

originally posted by: Zaphod58
The left main landing gear clipped an antenna near the runway on final, and the tail struck the runway when they flared for landing.

Obviously it got in the way of the ILS

a reply to: bullcat

The landing gear appears to have hit a wireless antenna, and the left engine hit the localiser.

originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: bullcat

The landing gear appears to have hit a wireless antenna, and the left engine hit the localiser.

So what happened to instrumented landings and auto landings?

Why was the 1) antenna too high , or 2) the plane too low?

Don't planes have ABS or anti-skid technology?

Maybe airports need grappling wires

a reply to: bullcat

Pilot error. They misjudged height over the runway in bad weather.

originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: bullcat

Pilot error. They misjudged height over the runway in bad weather.

Don't they read instruments?

Could they have been set wrong?