AirAsia plane skids off runway in Malaysia

They offer some of the poorest A320 pilot wages in the world, and this is just another accident to the list. They are majority crewed by 500hr wonders. Their long haul arm is no better, plenty have been shown the door for close calls.

Just dont fly them!

[Matt_L]

Lukas,

while im not trying to defend them- it appears alot of the damage could have occured post incident whilst trying to remove the plane from the mud/grass- so in that event cant judge a book by it's cover..

[Brock Little]

Apparently something was wrong with the Nose Gear which made the aircraft turn right when landing on the wet runway.

Could be any explanation; just don't lay it down to pilot error the day the incident occured.

Apparently something was wrong with the Nose Gear which made the aircraft turn left when landing on the wet runway.

Said who? This one sounds like a DME approach...gone wrong.

Lets just wait until the report comes out

[Brock Little]

Originally Posted by Lukas M

Said who? This one sounds like a DME approach...gone wrong.

Lets just wait until the report comes out

Tony Fernandes http://www.malaysianwings.net/forum/...howtopic=15369
Yes, indeed we should wait for the report

[Radi K]

hmm tony tony tony .. should not be soo quick with the tweets!

[Anthony T]

Originally Posted by Lukas M

They offer some of the poorest A320 pilot wages in the world, and this is just another accident to the list. They are majority crewed by 500hr wonders. Their long haul arm is no better, plenty have been shown the door for close calls.

Just dont fly them!

Looks very similar to a photo I once saw of a QF 744 at Bangkok which was piloted by crew on mega $$$.

Always fly Air Asia ex MEL or OOL these days, cheap and can get an upgrade KUL-STN for $176, never been late, but have had one cancellation due to UK weather, and even then they put pax up in their Tune Hotels at KUL LCCT & the city centre.

Cheers
Anthony T

[Michael Cleary]

Seems Air Asia has some sort of allergy to Borneo runways - they had a similar incident with a 733 at Kota Kinabalu in November 2004.

[Brad M]

weird that the wheel bay doors are all open, mains and the nose..
from the photos they don't appear to have been opened once on the grass.
hydraulic issues ?