Wondered why the media never reported this news

A picture is worth a thousand explanations...What would you expect for a cheap flight!

Cheap maintenance schedules too?

Low cost spare parts?

Second hand planes?

Would you pay a little more for better air safety?

Next time, re-consider your options carefully before boarding that budget airline...Is your life worth that little?

Looks like they skidded off the runway. Any idea when this took place ?

This is several years old. I don't remember exakt, but it was a hoax or fake or similar.

There's no record of the alleged incident in any news or air crash databases.

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Source:-http://www.b737.org.uk/accident_news.htm

7 Nov 2004 - AirAsia 737-300 over-runs runway in heavy rain

KOTA KINABALU - AirAsia in a statement said due to heavy rain and bad weather, its aircraft bound for Kota Kinabalu from Kuala Lumpur skidded lightly off the runway after it touched down at Terminal Two of the Kota Kinabalu International Airport. In the 5.10pm incident yesterday, two passengers and the two pilots suffered minor injuries.

The 111 passengers on board AirAsia's Boeing 737-300 flight from Kuala Lumpur had an uneventful journey till the plane landed at Kota Kinabalu. One of the injured, a five-year-old girl, sprained her left wrist during evacuation from the Boeing 737-300 aircraft, the Star reported.

The passengers, including six top Laotian government officials, were shaken by the incident that occurred during a downpour.

Flight AK104 from Kuala Lumpur skidded onto the grassy patch towards the south end of the runway, forcing passengers to be evacuated via emergency chutes as Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) fire engines and ambulances rushed to scene.

A DCA official said the nose-wheel of the Boeing 737 was bogged down in soft soil and engineers were finding it difficult to extricate the aircraft because of nightfall.

The shutdown of the country's second-busiest airport resulted in the diversion, rescheduling and cancellation of dozens of flights, affecting at least 2,000 travellers.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, scheduled to depart on his executive jet at 9.30pm after a short visit, left at 10.45pm. He was here to break fast with Umno members.

Although the DCA has "closed" the airport, it has allowed individual airlines to land or take off at their own risk.

A Universiti Teknologi Mara student who identified herself only as Zilla said the whole plane shook badly before it hit the grass. "I was afraid. I thought we were going to die," she said.

Raymond Danker, from Penang, who was visiting with his Sabahan wife and three children, said it was their first trip to the state since their marriage 10 years ago. "We were so happy about it and this had to happen," he said. He said his daughter, Tracie, suffered a sprain to her left wrist while sliding down the emergency chute, and his wife and two sons, aged three and seven, were shaken by the whole episode.

Among the passengers was Laotian deputy director-general of the Cabinet Committee for Planning, Houmpheng Souralay, one of the six senior Laotian officials here for a study tour organised by Yayasan Sabah. "I am thankful that nothing serious happened," said Souralay.

According to passengers, there were moments of pandemonium on the plane as they pushed and shoved each other towards the emergency exits during the evacuation.

The passengers were then ferried to the VIP terminal and given medical examinations before they were taken to Terminal Two and allowed to collect their luggage at about 7pm.

Edited March 29, 200620 yr by PREM-R

Source:-http://www.b737.org.uk/accident_news.htm

7 Nov 2004 - AirAsia 737-300 over-runs runway in heavy rain

KOTA KINABALU - AirAsia in a statement said due to heavy rain and bad weather, its aircraft bound for Kota Kinabalu from Kuala Lumpur skidded lightly off the runway after it touched down at Terminal Two of the Kota Kinabalu International Airport. In the 5.10pm incident yesterday, two passengers and the two pilots suffered minor injuries.

The 111 passengers on board AirAsia's Boeing 737-300 flight from Kuala Lumpur had an uneventful journey till the plane landed at Kota Kinabalu. One of the injured, a five-year-old girl, sprained her left wrist during evacuation from the Boeing 737-300 aircraft, the Star reported.

The passengers, including six top Laotian government officials, were shaken by the incident that occurred during a downpour.

Flight AK104 from Kuala Lumpur skidded onto the grassy patch towards the south end of the runway, forcing passengers to be evacuated via emergency chutes as Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) fire engines and ambulances rushed to scene.

A DCA official said the nose-wheel of the Boeing 737 was bogged down in soft soil and engineers were finding it difficult to extricate the aircraft because of nightfall.

The shutdown of the country's second-busiest airport resulted in the diversion, rescheduling and cancellation of dozens of flights, affecting at least 2,000 travellers.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, scheduled to depart on his executive jet at 9.30pm after a short visit, left at 10.45pm. He was here to break fast with Umno members.

Although the DCA has "closed" the airport, it has allowed individual airlines to land or take off at their own risk.

A Universiti Teknologi Mara student who identified herself only as Zilla said the whole plane shook badly before it hit the grass. "I was afraid. I thought we were going to die," she said.

Raymond Danker, from Penang, who was visiting with his Sabahan wife and three children, said it was their first trip to the state since their marriage 10 years ago. "We were so happy about it and this had to happen," he said. He said his daughter, Tracie, suffered a sprain to her left wrist while sliding down the emergency chute, and his wife and two sons, aged three and seven, were shaken by the whole episode.

Among the passengers was Laotian deputy director-general of the Cabinet Committee for Planning, Houmpheng Souralay, one of the six senior Laotian officials here for a study tour organised by Yayasan Sabah. "I am thankful that nothing serious happened," said Souralay.

According to passengers, there were moments of pandemonium on the plane as they pushed and shoved each other towards the emergency exits during the evacuation.

The passengers were then ferried to the VIP terminal and given medical examinations before they were taken to Terminal Two and allowed to collect their luggage at about 7pm.

Thanks for the info. It was my mistake for not double check the information that pass to me.

Landing gear collapsed. No airline is 100% safe at any rate - mishaps do happen.

Any plane can skid off a runway and suffer a collapsed nose gear - not just a budget airline's. Qantas had a runway overrun incident in BKK some years ago with a 747-400 - not a budget airline, is it?