AirAsia Plane Overshoots Runway in Philippines
Just as life seemed to go downhill for Malaysia Airlines after its plane went missing last spring (remember, a second Malaysia Airlines plane was shot down in Ukraine a couple months later), AirAsia is now experiencing a run of horrific luck.
Hours after debris was spotted in the Java Sea believed to belong to missing flight QZ8501, which went missing late Saturday night, an AirAsia plane from Manila overshot its runway while landing in Kalibo, Philippines Tuesday morning, forcing passengers to evacuate via inflatable slide.
Journalist Jet Damazo Santos was aboard the flight and reported that crew had indicated the accident occurred due to bad weather. (A storm is the likely culprit in the crash of QZ8501 as well.)
“There was some turbulence but we didn’t expect that landing,” Santos told NBC News. “I didn’t even realize we overshot the runway until we saw grass outside the window.”
She livetweeted the aftermath:
Had to deplane using emergency slide pic.twitter.com/tNg3rzEbPT
— Jet Damazo-Santos (@jetdsantos) December 30, 2014
Airasia plane overshot runway at kalibo pic.twitter.com/6E4hWUJbS0
— Jet Damazo-Santos (@jetdsantos) December 30, 2014
Nobody seems to be hurt. Weather was bad because of #senangph Plane came to a very abrupt stop
— Jet Damazo-Santos (@jetdsantos) December 30, 2014
Engine was shut immediately, we were told to leave bags, deplane asap. Firetruck was waiting. Seems handled well. pic.twitter.com/fjY0idESNM
— Jet Damazo-Santos (@jetdsantos) December 30, 2014
Shoe-less AirAsia flight attendants on the windy, cold tarmac in Kalibo. Can't wear heels when sliding down. pic.twitter.com/PZNTXgLirc
— Jet Damazo-Santos (@jetdsantos) December 30, 2014
Elderly passengers of AirAsia flight that overshot runway at Kalibo getting blood pressure checked pic.twitter.com/Lyr15BzSMX
— Jet Damazo-Santos (@jetdsantos) December 30, 2014
Per the airline, nobody was injured.
[h/t NBC News]
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