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AirAsia flight AK278 KUL/BWN slightly skidded off runaway at BWN during heavy rain / strong winds.

BWN tower informed aerodome is closed at the moment. All aircraft sldes were deployed for passenger dissembarkment.

Edited by Al Khaymi

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BWN tower informed aerodome is closed at the moment. All aircraft sldes were deployed for passenger dissembarkment.

Looks more like an evacuation than a disembarkation.

 

Hope everyone's okay!

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Still quite serious.. Aircraft will certainly be AOGed and engine seems to have ingested grass/mud etc

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BWN weather always notorrious of some sort.. Bad weather doesnt mean u have to divert as long as the visibility allows for landing

Not only visibility, you also need to consider cloud base and wind condition especially the direction and speed. All covered in the metar and also in tafor.

Wx given below during the incident was within limit

 

Weather reported about the time of the incident (15:30 LT / 07:30Z):

WBSB 070700Z 28011KT 8000 VCSH SCT016 FEW017CB BKN300 32/245 Q1006 NOSIG

WBSB 070730Z 21009KT 3000SW -SHRA SCT015 FEW016CB BKN140 30/24 Q1007 TEMPO 24015G25KT 4000 SHRA

WBSB 070800Z 20008KT 3000SW -TSRA SCT014 FEW016CB BKN140 28/26 Q1007 TEMPO 24015G25KT 2000 TSRA

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Scheduled for all four BI aircraft to depart from BKI between 1030 to 11am today

That would be an interesting scene on the taxiway with a queue of yellow tails

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Glad that everyone is safe and sound. When you have only one runway at an international airport, you will have a big issue since all flight departing and arriving need to be rescheduled and diverted respectively.

 

Am not sure if this is true, AirAsia pilot seems to be the daring lot by insisting on landing despite the adverse weather condition......although within the limit. Happened three times already thus far.

 

Hope they can fix the plane, not scrap it. Another camp to set up in Brunei to fix 9M-AQA. Two CFM engines gone......million of $$ gone.......AK account needs to take a hit this quarter.

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Hope they can fix the plane, not scrap it. Another camp to set up in Brunei to fix 9M-AQA. Two CFM engines gone......million of $$ gone.......AK account needs to take a hit this quarter.

I think it is the insurers who will have to cough up. For AK, it is one less aircraft in the fleet for some time...

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Scheduled for all four BI aircraft to depart from BKI between 1030 to 11am today

That would be an interesting scene on the taxiway with a queue of yellow tails

Apparently no go. Latest word from the DCA, airport close till appx 4pm. A whole lot of angry passengers right now at the airport esp those with connecting flights.

I think it is the insurers who will have to cough up. For AK, it is one less aircraft in the fleet for some time...

For other airlines with disruptions especially Royal Brunei, are they able to claim losses to Air Asia's insurance as well?

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With the wind and rain we are having here this morning, maybe the BI birds have to stay here a bit yet

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It is unfortunate for BI. AK did the mess, BI bears the full brunt of it.

 

The whole country only has one paved runway that can accommodate airliners.

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Wonder why it's taking so long to reopen the runway there ?

Simple mind thinks it's just matter of getting the damaged bird out of the way, sweep up the messy bits and it's good to go ? :)

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yes so far all 3 aircraft landing and skidding off runway was due to thnderstorm heavy rain and windy conditions - even though it maybe within near the max aircraft's landing parameters, but pilots' skills and competency is another thing. It would have been better to divert or circle till weather improves provided they have enough fuel for holding. AK must instill more of safety culture and must not discipline pilots who chose to divert in marginal weather conditions. Believed only the first incident where one of AK earlier 737-300 had a nose wheel collapse too.

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Just curious: Were BKI bound BI paxs allowed to disembark permanently in BKI? Or do they need to be flown back to BWN to retake another BKI bound flight? (As I know BI carries a lot of actual BKI bound paxs in their network)

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Wonder why it's taking so long to reopen the runway there ?

Simple mind thinks it's just matter of getting the damaged bird out of the way, sweep up the messy bits and it's good to go ? :)

I was told the ground surrounding the stranded aircraft is too soggy. Continuous down pour is hindering the removal of aircraft from its position. Brunei tower reported a new opening time to 6pm now. Oh dear

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I was told the ground surrounding the stranded aircraft is too soggy

If BWN has been experiencing the sort of weather we've been served at BKI last couple of days, there is no chance the ground there would have had opportunity to go less soggy :)

 

 

Just curious: Were BKI bound BI paxs allowed to disembark permanently in BKI? Or do they need to be flown back to BWN to retake another BKI bound flight?

You know, that is the sort of idiotic bureaucracy we all take for granted does not happen normally - but then who is to say we are living in normal times ?! :D Edited by BC Tam

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