air asia plane skids off runway @ Kota Bharu

[David.W 0]

this just in

 

 

KOTA BHARU 2 Nov. - Para penumpang syarikat penerbangan AirAsia berdepan detik cemas apabila tayar depan serta belakang kiri pesawat yang dinaiki terbenam di dalam tanah bahu landasan Lapangan Terbang Sultan Ismail Petra (LTSIP) Pengkalan Chepa di sini malam tadi.

Kejadian berlaku ketika pesawat AK6443 membuat pusingan u di hujung landasan sebelum berlepas kira-kira pukul 10.25 malam. Pesawat tersebut dalam persediaan berlepas menuju ke Klia2.

Ekoran daripada kejadian itu penerbangan terpaksa ditangguhkan dan kini kerja-kerja mengeluarkan tayar tersebut sedang giat dilakukan oleh petugas lapangan terbang.

Seorang penumpang, Ghani Mohamad,62, berkata, dia dikejutkan dengan gegaran cukup kuat ketika pesawat berkenaan sedang membuat pusingan di landasan tersebut untuk berlepas ke Kuala Lumpur.

Katanya, pada masa itu, pesawat berkenaan dilihat berusaha untuk mengeluarkan tayar daripada dalam tanah tersebut namun gagal.

"Ketika itu bunyi sangat bising. Kami tidak tahu apa yang berlaku pada awalnya sehingga dimaklumkan mengenai kejadian oleh petugas pesawat berkenaan setengah jam kemudian.

"Kami kemudian di bawa keluar dari landasan untuk menunggu di terminal. Melihat pada keadaan itu, kerja-kerja mengeluarkan tayar itu memerlukan masa yang lama," katanya kepada pemberita di sini hari ini. - UTUSAN ONLINE

[Sandeep G 1]

During back track and supposed 180

[alberttky 0]

Rather than skidded it just taxi-ed right off the runway.

[jani 0]

How does this happen? Anyone care to explain

[flee 5]

And I thought only F1 pilots breach track limits!

[Radzi 2]

How does this happen? Anyone care to explain

 

Pilot will backtrack to the end of runway and make a 180 turn. Ideally you will, approaching the end of the runway, go as close as possible to the side and then make the turn. In this case looks like he went to the left side and then make a sharp right turn. Apparently he misjudged the position of the left main landing gear, he went too close and main landing gear departed the hard surface.

 

This is a relatively very common occurrence with this type of turn. Contributing factor is the narrow runway which necessitates going close to the runway edge for the turn.

[Walter Sim 1]

Time for a turning pan

[Radzi 2]

Time for a turning pan

 

Time for parallel taxiway

[Mr.Bandit 0]

one of my friend worked at AK said, "why must be an incident at KBR, not at other airport. why must be there, many times already". then she laughed.

[BC Tam 2]

Time for a turning pan

 

Time for parallel taxiway

Time for a new airport, with separate LCC and old school terminals

[Waiping 12]

I'd always thought the pilot could "see" rather than feel where he's going. So many LCDs in the cockpit and none showing it live!

[Sandeep G 1]

Turning pad is suffice.. parallel taxiway is a luxury at some of these airports and an excuse for cronies to make money

[V Wong 0]

Anything to do with heavy rain? It was raining heavily in KBR during the incident.