When many people think of modern aviation, they think next generation, highly advanced, flying machines, which can maintain flight at cloud-thinning altitudes, and land in the most brutal of weather. I mean, surely some rainy weather couldn't down a state of the art, 400K pound flying piece of metal, right? Well, sometimes, we think wrong.
Photo Credit: Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines/AP Photo
Yesterday, on Oct. 23, 2022, Korean Air Flight 631 began it's approach into Cebu's Cebu Mactan Airport (CEB). The stupendous aircraft, and Airbus A330, was carrying 162 passengers, along with 11 crew. The weather is Cebu is not very welcoming. While the exact weather conditions at the time of the incident are not quite clear yet, it has been known that the airport was under extremely heavy rain along with other non-ideal weather factors. The latest evidence reports that the flight crew attempted to land the aircraft twice, but were forced to abort both incidences. Finally, on the third attempt, around 23:07, the crew managed to get the A330 on ground, but alas, the aircraft slid down the runway, before overshooting, taking a barrier fence along with it, and ending up in a grassy field not too far off the runway, The aircraft's engines were practically destroyed, the cowlings detached and crushed. There was also severe damage to the airframe, and as seen in many recent photos, the entire underbelly of the fuselage towards the nose, has been torn off, exposing the bare, mangled components and inner workings of the aircraft. According to reports, all 162 passengers and 11 crew survived, with little to no injuries.
Besides these base details, no in-depth data or further information have been released publically about the incident.
-Nicholas(Nick) Samaco
When many people think of modern aviation, they think next generation, highly advanced, flying machines, which can maintain flight at cloud-thinning altitudes, and land in the most brutal of weather. I mean, surely some rainy weather couldn't down a state of the art, 400K pound flying piece of metal, right? Well, sometimes, we think wrong. Photo Credit: Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines/AP Photo Yesterday, on Oct. 23, 2022, Korean Air Flight 631 began it's approach into Cebu's Cebu Mactan Airport (CEB). The stupendous aircraft, and Airbus A330, was carrying 162 passengers, along with 11 crew. The weather is Cebu is not very welcoming. While the exact weather conditions at the time of the incident are not quite clear yet, it has been known that the airport was under extremely heavy rain along with other non-ideal weather factors. The latest evidence reports that the flight crew attempted to land the aircraft twice, but were forced to abort both incidences. Finally, on the third attempt, around 23:07, the crew managed to get the A330 on ground, but alas, the aircraft slid down the runway, before overshooting, taking a barrier fence along with it, and ending up in a grassy field not too far off the runway, The aircraft's engines were practically destroyed, the cowlings detached and crushed. There was also severe damage to the airframe, and as seen in many recent photos, the entire underbelly of the fuselage towards the nose, has been torn off, exposing the bare, mangled components and inner workings of the aircraft. According to reports, all 162 passengers and 11 crew survived, with little to no injuries. Besides these base details, no in-depth data or further information have been released publically about the incident. -Nicholas(Nick) Samaco