Posted on 10/24/2022 2:39:03 PM PDT by C19fan
Korean Air flight 631 overran the runway at Cebu Mactan International Airport during landing on Sunday, 23 October. The aircraft, an A330-300, came to rest approximately 300 meters beyond the runway. None of the 162 passengers and 11 crew members sustained serious injuries.
Korean Air 631 departed Seoul at 19:20 local time (10:20 UTC) and flew south toward Cebu. At about 14:12 UTC KE631 was on final approach to Runway 22 and executed a go around, immediately attempting to land again at 14:26 UTC. After a second go around, KE631 held northeast of the airfield for approximately 30 minutes before conducting a third approach. The third approach resulted in a successful touchdown at 15:08 UTC, however, the aircraft was unable to stop on the runway.
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Landing a large airliner is much tougher than it looks.
Asiana Flight 214 crashed at SFO on July 6, 2013. Asiana and Korean Air are both from South Korea.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiana_Airlines_Flight_214
I've read that the 2nd most stressful job in the world is landing on an aircraft carrier.
The #1 most stressful is doing the same at night.
I have landed in Cebu…in a 747 no less. That runway goes from one shore of the island all the way across to the other shore. There was a cow pasture on one side…at least there was 12 years ago. The landing was dicey, looked like we were landing on the water…but the take off would make you lose whatever was in your bowels.
Coming in for a landing is much more stressful. You actually have to put the engines on full throttle coming in, which is not intuitive, but necessary to get yourself back in the air should you not catch the tail-hook.
When I was in the military, they painted the outline of aircraft carriers on land-based runways so that pilots could practice over and over again landing on such a tiny space.
Check out below how tiny it is compared to the rest of the runway.
Mi Tu Long, Pilot.
Did the plane suffer much? Did they put it out of it’s misery?
That was Asiana that crashed at SFO.
That's probably still TBD but I'd guess it will be OK. Maybe new landing gear.
Sum Ting Wong...
I googled the flight number and found photos. The plane is trashed.
Wake island was a pucker maker back in the day of weak airliner engines.
I was on a commercial plane out of HNL headed for Manilla that made a landing on Wake. One of our 4 engines failed and they chose Wake because it was the only thing available. They flew in a part from HNL, fixed the engine, and off we went after an 8-hour wait. We taxied to one extreme of the runway, gunned the engines with full brakes, popped the brakes, and we just made it.
Wi tu fah!
As an airline pilot I can’t say it out loud, a friend of mine calls the Korean pilots the “Gooks of ******”. They were hiring a bunch of US pilots and I think they started weeding them out… Who knows, accidents happen… i’ve met a lot of Korean in Asiana pilots and they seem like a standup guys who are trying to do a good job. If I’m on my third approach into an airport my brain is going to my alternate after my second approach. Just me however…
Yep, that’s a hull loss.
CC
been to several of those islands to Kiteboard. Cebu, Cataclan and a few others are very small. I am continually amzed this doesnt happen more often. landing big planes on a little strip, those guys got some talent!
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