Airbus A320 crash, Apr 14, 2015, Hiroshima
Airbus A320 accident on April 14, 2015 near Hiroshima, Chūgoku, Japan with no fatalities. Cause: JTSB: The aircraft undershot and the pilot in command...
- Date: April 14, 2015
- Aircraft: Airbus A320
- Location: Hiroshima, Chūgoku, Japan
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: JTSB: The aircraft undershot and the pilot in command started a go around, but it collided with the radio navigation aids in front of runway 28 before turning to climb. Contributing factors were the captain continuing below decision altitude without visual references, the first officer not calling a go around, and ineffective crew resource management.
An Asiana Airlines A320 operating flight OZ162 from Seoul undershot the runway 28 threshold at Hiroshima at night in marginal weather and struck approach lights and the localizer antenna in front of the runway. The aircraft touched down on soft ground, slid along the runway, veered off and stopped beside it. All 82 occupants evacuated, 27 were injured and the aircraft was written off.