No, infact that airport was amongst alot of pilots known as the most dangerous airport in the world but they didn't have one fatality. The runway was set between two mountains. Approach was a 90 degree turn JUST before touchdown. Here is a clip of a 747 doing the approach but the pilots don't have the right direction on short final and are just able to correct a few feet before touch down:
Great Landing! I hope the pilot of that plane
was fired after that incident...
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No, infact that airport was amongst alot of pilots known as the most dangerous airport in the world but they didn't have one fatality. The runway was set between two mountains. Approach was a 90 degree turn JUST before touchdown. Here is a clip of a 747 doing the approach but the pilots don't have the right direction on short final and are just able to correct a few feet before touch down:
No, infact that airport was amongst alot of pilots known as the most dangerous airport in the world but they didn't have one fatality. The runway was set between two mountains. Approach was a 90 degree turn JUST before touchdown. Here is a clip of a 747 doing the approach but the pilots don't have the right direction on short final and are just able to correct a few feet before touch down:
Get the fuck outta here - if that's the landing path of all aircraft, that's seriously disturbing
Why do you think they closed the airport? Do some google research on 'Kai tak checkerboard approach" and you'll find that the approach was a 90 degree turn on short final. The name "checkerboard approach" is because there was a big checkerboard on the hills where pilots could see they needed to begin there turn before touch down.
Here some pics of aircraft starting the turn at the checkerboard:
Because of the short distance between the turn and the actuall touch down this resulted in alot of pilots doing corrections at very low altitude:
ID LOVE TO SEE YOU LAND THAT... trust me man its insanly hard to land... hes lucky he didn't touch a building
Exactly, the thing with the 747 is the pilots didn't get any chanse for a "go around" at that approach, the approach path was set so low that the 747 wouldn't have time to build up enough power to lift the aircraft up again after the turn. If the pilots are out of direction after the turn they only have one option: correct it or hit the dirt or water.
I flew into there in '85 but never noticed the right angle turn. I was too busy wondering if the wings were gonna clip people's laundry they had out on their balconies.
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