For what it's worth I have been told by a friend within Indo aviation that the first call a pilot will get after a go around or diversion is from the CEO telling them they are out of a job.
The MD hull loss at Solo is a case in point. Landed but long and went agricultural.
There was a GA DC9 extreme heavy land that bananad the fuselage many years ago in the era when if daddy was a general you could get a seat flying for them that was blamed on microburst/windshear in conditions that just could not support either. Savin face. Douglas dudes came out to inspect the aeroplane for repair and shook heads. It was towed off into the palms around the runway and is most likely still there.
Garuda has excorcised the culture but it still lives in the LCCs. The GA 737 bender at Jogjag was the turning point and they are now world class.
The others however, the Lion, Mandala, Express Air and worst of all Merpati operations are ones I would not even taxi on.
As to what happened one can only assume. To mind comes under glide path and can't get power back on in time, ran out of bang wasser, screwed approach and wasn't willing to lose face and go around or maybe the noise just stopped because of a mech issue.
One can only imagine the dismay of surfers on Airport Lefts (the surf break you see in the background of the pics) when a 738 dropped in on them.
No casualties - good result to a bad bender.
Best all
EWL
Last edited by Eastwest Loco; 16th Apr 2013 at 08:39.