Kingfisher A320 took out runway edge lights on landing

A Kingfisher Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration VT-KFT performing flight IT-432 from Hyderabad to Bangalore (India) with 138 people on board, was landing in rain and high winds around 9:35pm local (16:05Z), when the airplane veered to the left of the runway and took out 10-12 runway edge lights. The airplane stopped on the runway and taxied to the gate. At the gate it was detected, that the airplane received structural damages. All four main wheels were found damaged as well.The runway was closed for about one hour to clear the debris and replace the edge lights.
A local (non-aviation) weather station reported winds from 290 at 10 knots and a rapidly increasing QNH at the accident time.
20/04/09 Simon Hradecky/The Aviation Herald

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Categories: Airports Apr 2009, Kingfisher Apr 2009, Safety Apr 2009