Video and Pictures: Korean Air plane skids off runway in Philippines, severe damage reported

Yep, that damage is severe too, because it hit the Approach Lights Gantry at the far end and that's going to cause a whole heap of problems for our single runway Airport to deal with now.

One trashed Airbus A330 now to be removed before any International or Domestic flights can resume.

That flight arrives from Incheon every night at 23:00 hrs. and sits there for two hours and then does a return flight back to Incheon again at 01:00. The flight crews know only too well that the ONLY place to put that aircraft on the ground is at Manila IF Cebu is a no go? so they SHOULD have enough reserve fuel for that diversion????
I live in the Philippines and YES, our weather can be bad at times, BUT we don't have Snow, Ice, or Hail to contend with? just driving Rain and a slick single runway to address.

Simon at AV Herald mentions possible hydraulic system and brakes failure.
https://avherald.com/h?article=50004095&opt=0
If so, the crew might deserve some appreciation for making the best of a bad situation.

The CVR reports will show a much clearer picture of what really happened.

I disagree with the statement that the TRs are not effective. My experience is with DC8s, 757s and c130s In all cases, at last on those types, are very effective.

I've always shook my head while on the approach to 04, seemed like the landing gear might scrape a roof or two. At the far end of 04, there is a 1,500 foot grass overrun, a two lane road, then a rocky beach. Not much room.

This approach was on 22. In all my trips, our aircraft never landed in that direction as
04 is usually preferred. The overrun at the far end is about 1,000 foot or so. A 1,500 foot overshoot there puts you through houses and onto the main road crossing central Mactan island. Less than 200 feet to spare to the closest house on this accident, judging from google earth. Yikes, that was close!

Must have been an awful sound to wake up to in the middle of the night.

T/Rs mostly reduce wear on the brakes. The higher the airspeed, the greater the effectiveness. Some of the benefit of T/Rs is the disruption of airflow over the wing the plume acting as big spoilers.

I was under the impression that tracking data revealed a very hard touchdown with an accompanying loud bang heard in the cabin, then the captain commenting that the brakes had failed, then a G/A. Possibly slammed to the ground at 20 or 30 feet. In any case it looks like TR's were extended from crash scene photos. The crew may have done a spectacular job considering circumstances

The degree of damage seems inconsistent with just grass impact. It looks like the nose gear may have collapsed while on the runway and most dammage occurred then.

Third attempt. Sounds like a mix of bad weather & a case of Get-There-Itis. Another reason could be not enough fuel to divert or all three.

Didn't KAL have a "parked" 747F roll of the apron in Alaska last month?

A380- Airbus designed this aircraft NOT to have t/r's at all - t/r's are only fitted on the inbd engines - due to runway widths and FAA certification requirement - 18 main wheels and 16 brakes which are ample - also KL - A330 have PW4000 series engines - which are HYD operated if and I say if there was a HYD failure ( which I dought ) the t/r's wouldn't extend. !!!

3rd times a charm. 2 failed attempts on the 3rd the pilot didn't want to look foolish with another go-around and probably no fuel left to divert legally so tried to force it and nearly killed everyone. No need to surmise about the thrust reverse system the plane was is perfectly working order to get them 3 shots at landing.

T/Rs mostly reduce wear on the brakes. The higher the airspeed, the greater the effectiveness. Some of the benefit of T/Rs is the disruption of airflow over the wing, acting as big spoilers.

short runway, bad weather, and pressure from management for a quick turnaround. That will do it every time.

Wasn’t too long ago it seems as if Korean had a major incident every few years…