article_snippet.sent: Asiana overran a runway while landing at Japan's Hiroshima Airport on Tuesday evening, prompting Japan's Hiroshima Airport to temporarily close, the Japanese transportation ministry said.
article_snippet.sent: There were 73 passengers and eight crew members -- including five cabin attendants, two pilots and a maintenance official -- aboard when Flight 162 took off from South Korea's Incheon International Airport at 6:34 p.m. local time, Asiana said in a statement late Tuesday.
article_snippet.sent: Authorities are investigating initial reports that The Airbus A320 may have hit an object on the Hiroshima Airport runway during landing, causing damage to the rear of The Airbus A320 body and the cover of the engine on the left wing, the Japanese transportation ministry said.
article_snippet.sent: Video of the scene showed the aircraft's body turned around, with the aircraft's body nose pointing in the direction that the plane had come from.
article_snippet.sent: Hiroshima Airport closed because of the incident Tuesday night while fire department officials worked at the scene.
article_snippet.sent: Airbus, the plane's manufacturer, is aware of the incident Tuesday night and is working to gather more information, Airbus regional media relations manager Marie Caujolle said.
highlights_snippet.sent: The plane might have hit an object on the runway, the Japanese transportation ministry says .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The Airbus A320 overshot the Hiroshima Airport runway at 8:05 p.m. Tuesday, officials say .