This is gonna sound crazy, but would they have had a better chance (if even possible) veering into the rough? 

AlCoHoLnAcEtOnE

Yes, I know about the gear problem, but I meant that they were able to hit the runway without the gear. So getting off the runway sucks hard...

Shugard

So it wasnt the runway being to short the plane actually went off the runway... The plane they think might have hit a bird/birds before landing and in the videos it appears there was an issue with the landing gear.

According to the Air and Railway Investigation Committee, the aircraft's "black boxes" were recovered from the wreckage. The plane's flight data recorder (FDR) was found partially damaged and its cockpit voice recorder (CVR) was collected intact, officials said.

Decrypting the FDR data could take about a month, according to officials. However, if the damage to the FDR is severe, it may have to be sent to the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) for decoding, which could take more than six months, officials said.

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South Korea plane crash (video)

So it wasnt the runway being to short the plane actually went off the runway... The plane they think might have hit a bird/birds before landing and in the videos it appears there was an issue with the landing gear. 

>According to the Air and Railway Investigation Committee, the aircraft's "black boxes" were recovered from the wreckage. The plane's flight data recorder (FDR) was found partially damaged and its cockpit voice recorder (CVR) was collected intact, officials said.
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> Decrypting the FDR data could take about a month, according to officials. However, if the damage to the FDR is severe, it may have to be sent to the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) for decoding, which could take more than six months, officials said.
