Air Asia A320 at Bandar Seri Begawan on Jul 7th 2014, runway excursion on landing

An Air Asia Airbus A320-200, registration 9M-AQA performing flight AK-278 from Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) to Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei) with 102 passengers and 7 crew, landed on Brunei International Airport's runway 03 at 15:30L (07:30Z) but veered right off the runway and came to a stop with all gear on soft ground. The aircraft was evacuated.

The airline confirmed the aircraft went off the runway while landing in Brunei, the causes of the runway excursion are under investigation. All passengers were safely evacuated.

Metars:

WBSB 070930Z 21007KT 4000 -TSRA FEW005 FEW016CB BKN150 25/24 Q1008 TEMPO 5000 -TSRA

WBSB 070900Z 23009KT 3000 -TSRA FEW005 SCT014 FEW016CB BKN150 26/24 Q1008 TEMPO 24015G25KT 2000 TSRA

WBSB 070830Z 23009KT 3000 -TSRA FEW005 SCT014 FEW016CB BKN150 26/24 Q1008 TEMPO 24015G25KT 2000 TSRA

WBSB 070800Z 20008KT 3000SW -TSRA SCT014 FEW016CB BKN140 28/26 Q1007 TEMPO 24015G25KT 2000 TSRA

WBSB 070730Z 21009KT 3000SW -SHRA SCT015 FEW016CB BKN140 30/24 Q1007 TEMPO 24015G25KT 4000 SHRA

WBSB 070700Z 28011KT 8000 VCSH SCT016 FEW017CB BKN300 32/245 Q1006 NOSIG

WBSB 070630Z 24006KT 9999 SCT016 FEW017CB BKN300 32/25 Q1006 NOSIG

WBSB 070600Z 24004KT 9999 SCT016 FEW017CB BKN300 32/25 Q1007 NOSIG

WBSB 070530Z 29007KT 8000 VCSH SCT016 FEW017CB BKN300 32/25 Q1007 NOSIG

WBSB 070500Z 29007KT 9999 SCT017 BKN300 32/25 Q1007 NOSIG

WBSB 070430Z 22003KT 9999 SCT016 FEW017CB BKN300 32/24 Q1008 NOSIG

WBSB 070400Z 15003KT 9999 SCT016 SCT140 BKN300 32/25 Q1008 NOSIG

The aircraft off the runway (Photo: Nazmi Zikry):