Korean Newspaper told that "According to aviation specialist....fortunately It is just a Wx radar not navigation system....."
Let me tell you something.
Last year asiana had same incident over china.
That time they had problem on one of the Wx radar systems. but the maintenance put placard on the other good wx radar system. Pilot flied on broken radar and met the hail.
Captain lost his forward window vision due to cracked window and let F/O flied A/C and landed safely on chang choon, china.
then What are you expecting?
Captain lost his stripe and company blamed him as an negligence of duty and degraded him as a F/O and he is flying on disgrace as a F/O.
Yesterday, There was no problem on Wx radar. He got through TS. I wonder why. He was the only one A/C heading into TS among the several A/C on same area.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not blaming him for that. On the contrary He did good job after incident. He managed rest of flight and landed safely. There might be some unknown situation which he coundn't avoid TS. He did good job after all.
But this time, company awarded him and consider to give priority on promotion. Bear in mind asiana doesn't have SENIORITY system. Damn management scabs took everything.
Yeah, Here is what I want to say. SCABS.
The only difference between two captains.
First one was union member, later one was scabs who was begging his captain position to management and betrayed his fellows on last strike.
NOW he has awared well-done while union captain is still flying as a F/O.
What the F*** is this!
Expat doesn't make much difference in asiana.
If you mess up with scab pilots or management. you are dead meat.
Scabs has their own line with management. they will report you to management not because of your flying skill but because of your attitude to scabs.
Be careful.
What a unfair world we live!
P.S. according to the airport worker's, nose cone was attached until he landed and he lost nose cone during taxi. tricky pavement taxiway, huh?