Aircraft touched down 300-400 metres before the runway threshold, in a ploughed-up area. Initially, ATC thought it had come down in the sea and called out four coastguard patrol boats. Vis at the point of touchdown stated to be "5 metres"; an Alitalia pilot waiting at the holding point never saw the landing Airbus. Once it was determined that the aircraft had in fact come down in the vicinity of the runway, the lack of visibility meant that the emergency services had a great deal of difficulty finding the crash site.
Some passengers said they had to walk for 20 minutes before reaching the terminal area. (Sig. Lauro's complaint, then, might be more explicable: it appears he stood around in the rain for that period of time, then gave up, started walking, and met the shuttle buses 50 metres away.)
Pilot quoted as saying to Wind Jet management: "I felt like the aircraft was sinking" on final approach. PF has more than 15,000 hours experience.
After the impact, the aircraft took out the glideslope antenna, along with various other obstructions. It'll take three weeks to repair the ILS. The a/c is now resting to the left of the RWY 07 threshold, with its nose pointing east. (Photo below: arrows indicate visible damage.)
