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Hong Kong dangerous airport

On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 5:44 PM, ATUL N. CHOTAI <kasumbo@yahoo.co.in> wrote:

Duck! Incredible pictures show EXACTLY why the world's most dangerous airport in Hong Kong was shut down 15 years ago

• Kai Tak airport was shut in 1998 after deadly incidents became more frequent and airport was overcrowded
  
• Pictures taken between 1992 and 1998 by teacher Daryl Scott Chapman, 41, who moved to Hong Kong from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire aged 16
  

By Sara Smyth

PUBLISHED: 18:29 GMT, 5 July 2013 | UPDATED: 08:33 GMT, 6 July 2013

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With a perilous runway that jut out into the sea, and a descent through skyscrapers and craggy mountains, Kai Tak airport in Hong Kong was seen as the ultimate test of a pilot's skills.

The airport- which was shut down in 1998- was the site of botched landings that included planes crashing into the water and clipping buildings on their descent.

These spectacular images show the moment experienced pilots grappled with the notoriously dangerous landing, before the ariport was closed by the government in 1998 for its poor safety record.

Fasten your seat belts: The images show just how perilous the Kai Tak flight path and landing was. An aircraft flies through high-rise buildings as it prepares for landing

Spectacular: The small airport became dangerously overcrowded in the 90s. Its beautiful surroundings belie the danger involved in landing a plane here

Washed up: A jumbo-jet crashes into the water when landing at Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong. Planes would sometimes run over the landing and plunge into the sea

Calamity: This aircraft missed the mark on its low-descent by crashing into a TV aerial

Dramatic: A jumbo-jet from Kai Tak Airport takes the notoriously challenging 'Hong Kong' turn which is taken after the aircraft flies over a marker

The action shots were taken between 1992 and 1998 by English teacher Daryl Scott Chapman, 41, who has lived in Hong Kong since he was 16.

The dramatic images show planes land on the 11,000 foot-long runway against the dramatic backdrop of the densely-populated city.

 

The Kai Tak landing required special training as pilots had to take a challenging last-minute manual turn known as a 'Hong Kong Turn' after they saw a checkerboard reference point above Kowloon Tsai Park.

The alarmingly steep descent over the harbour and crowded high-rise tower blocks meant Kai Tak was hailed as the sixth most dangerous airport in the world

Risky: 270 people were killed in 12 air accidents at Kai Tak. It served as Hong Kong's main airport until it was shut down by the Government in 1998 for overcrowding and its poor safety records

U-turn: A Cathay Pacific from Kai Tak Airport aborts its landing in Hong Kong due to stormy weather. Pilots were aware of the difficulty of the landing and the conditions required to do it successfully

Tight squeeze: This remarkable image shows the moment a Cathay Pacific aircraft from Kai Tak Airport flies through the city's buildings that are densely-populated

Scrapped: The airport is now the new Kai Tak Cruise Terminal, for cruise liners. It is 15 years since the dangerous site was used as an airport

Built-up: A Cathay 747 700 from Kai Tak Airport gets ready to fly from the infamously perilous runway that juts out into the sinking harbour

Kai Tak was Hong Kong's main airport until 1998. It had suffered a shocking 12 air disasters with 270 people killed during this time - yet was handling nearly 30 million passengers per-year by 1996.

The deadliest incident was a US Marines Hercules flight which plunged into the harbour shortly after take-off in 1965, killing 59 passengers.

24 passengers were killed during a typhoon landing in 1967 and, in 1993, a Boeing 747 overran the runway during a typhoon.

The site of those dramatic flights has now been repurposed as the new Kai Tak Cruise Terminal, for crusie liners.

Unsafe: A low-flying jet dives over the heads of stunned onlookers

Document: The breathtaking images show the range of landings that took place on the treacherous runway

We Salute Indian Army

We Salute Indian Army
 

Indian army and paramilitary troupes has done a commendable Job in rescuing more than 80,000 People ,This was one of the worst disaster world has seen in such High altitude and worst and difficult terrain,it is their dedication and love for country has made it possible ,even no one to guide or no idea of the land scape made them as most dangerous operation as there is no place to land even helicopters

Kudos to squadron leader Radhakrishnan Nair of Indian Air Force, Lt general Anil Chait for coordinating such a task in a place where they have no previous experience and it was Like we are in war with some unknown enemy

 

This was one of the tragedy never before any of the army personal has seen in their whole service Life.

With Warm Regards Holy Pranams..., 

HV Kamdar

 

Associated Press photos

ITBP personnel rescuing stranded pilgrims at Lambagar in Uttarakhand despite bad weather conditions on Monday.

 

Rescued pilgrims being provided treatment at an ITBP medical camp at Govindghat in Uttarakhand

 

ITBP personnel carrying out rescue operation for stranded pilgrims in Lambagar, Uttarakhand on Monday.

 

ITBP personnel rescuing stranded pilgrims

 

ITBP personnel rescuing a woman pilgrim with the help of a ropeway constructed above Alaknanda river at Lambagar

 

ITBP personnel rescuing a woman pilgrim with the help of a ropeway constructed above Alaknanda river at Lambagar in Uttarakhand.

 

An ITBP jawan rescue an old aged woman pilgrim at Gauri Kund in Uttarakhand

 

Army personnel removing a fallen tree from a river during flood relief operations in Govindghat on Friday.

 

Army personnel provide food to stranded pilgrims at a relief camp in Chamoli district.

 

ITBP personnel rescuing pilgrims

 

An Indian army soldier comforts an injured pilgrim after he was rescued from the higher reaches of mountains, at a makeshift helipad at Joshimath, in Uttarakhand.

 

An Indian army soldier carries an injured Indian pilgrim after he was rescued from the higher reaches of mountains, at a makeshift helipad at Joshimath, Uttarakhand

 

An injured pilgrim cries in a pain as army soldiers carry him after he was rescued from the higher reaches of mountains at a makeshift helipad at Joshimath,

 

ITBP jawans distribute medicines and food to stranded pilgrims during the rescue operations

 

rescue operations

 

An ITBP jawan carries a child, Govindghat.

 

Rescue operations being carried out by ITBP personnels through a temporary bridge over Alaknanda

 

ITBP personnel making a rope bridge to rescue pilgrims near Gauri Kund on Friday

 

rescue operations

 

rescue stranded pilgrims

 

rescuing stranded pilgrims in flood-devastated Govindghat in Chamoli

 

rescuing stranded pilgrims in flood-devastated Govindghat in Chamoli

 

rescuing stranded pilgrims in flood-devastated Govindghat in Chamoli

 

Stranded pilgrims being shifted to safe place by Army and ITBP personnel from Hemkund Sahib

 

The relief reached from Dehradun to Guptkashi.

 

Stranded pilgrims being rescued by ITBP at Govindghat in Chamoli

 

rescue operations

 

ITBP personnel clear debris from a road after floods in Chamoli region on Tuesday.

 

Stranded Sikh devotees being shifted to safe place by ITBP personnel from Hemkund Sahib in Chamoli

 

Stranded Sikh devotees being shifted to safe place by ITBP

 

Stranded Sikh devotees being shifted to safe place by ITBP

 

army personnel help stranded people cross a flooded river

 

Help stranded pilgrims on a makeshift bridge

 

 

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