Added: Sep 7, 2008
From: bigeyedchicken
Duration: 3:44
First of all, this is a collection from YouTube. I would like to thank all the enthusiasts from YouTube especially Mr. Boyd Kelly (airboyd of YouTube) which I used their best fragments to make this special Kai Tak video.Kai Tak Airport VHHH (1925 - 1998) VHHX (since 1998) "traditional Chinese: 啟德機場" was the world's busiest international airport. The growth of Hong Kong put a strain on the airport's capacity. The airport was designed to handle 24 million passengers per year but in 1996, Kai Tak had already handled 29.5 million passengers, plus 1.56 million tonnes of freight, making it the third busiest airport in the world in terms of passenger traffic, and first in terms of cargo. However extremely busy Kai Tak was located in the city center, the Kowloon City "九龍城" (The city of nine dragons "city surrounded by nine mountains"), around by high density buildings, numerous skyscrapers and rugged mountains reaching an altitude of 2000 ft. with single narrow runway close to taxiway jutting out into Victoria Harbour, and further less than 10 Km is Hong Kong Island, another densely populated area with hills up to 2100 ft., the airport was infamously difficult to land at. However, due to the same reason, only experience pilots were chosen for the challenging approach and air crash incidents rarely occur.The low altitude manoeuvre was so spectacular that crowded streets of people, multi-storey buildings, vehicles and pavements can easily be "touch", you can hear "WOW" or "My God" from passengers when they see the flickering of televisions even children say "Hi" to them through apartment windows as their aircraft approached the airport's landing strip. In this video, you can found the most extremely landing, but these happened several hundred times per day, and was just the real daily life of Hong Kong people.
Channel: Autos
Rating: 4.91 (178 ratings) Views: 194636' favoriteCount='630 Comments: 132
flyboy4692 Says:
Sep 7, 2008 - Really? Yea I guess it could have been alot worse than both towers being completely destroyed...Idiot.
decemberchill Says:
Sep 7, 2008 - Please do try to understand Hong kong a bit more before you say that
PilotKev170 Says:
Sep 7, 2008 - the pilots are not really nasty. They have to make that approach. I would the say that the pilots are damn good! Unless if they approach on runway 31
bb91030 Says:
Sep 7, 2008 - u too mother fucker
DeKarle1992 Says:
Sep 7, 2008 - Awesome video love the kai tak airport! Do they make the curve tith more than bank limit?
vanessaseed Says:
Sep 7, 2008 - you ignorant person
vanessaseed Says:
Sep 7, 2008 - (that is for tigerswede3)
skyming2008 Says:
Sep 7, 2008 - 好似係到玩花式咁-.-
eatsee Says:
Sep 7, 2008 - simply memorable, and spectacular!
wilsonsin Says:
Sep 7, 2008 - 啟德機場仲用緊時，住九龍城真係幾危險！=3="
SCE2AUX Says:
Sep 7, 2008 - The theme from "The Final Countdown"watch?v=-m2NzNuC_9o
ROCKSTARCRANE Says:
Sep 7, 2008 - I can't believe the side-load didn't break off the main gear in that landing at 2:06...
chepelatino Says:
Sep 7, 2008 - is dangerouss this airport???
CommandanteBratwurst Says:
Sep 7, 2008 - it WAS dangerous...closed in 1998. the new one is boring
mrbeanaswell Says:
Sep 7, 2008 - what do you think planes are made of - plastic?
mrbeanaswell Says:
Sep 7, 2008 - those low passes remind me of 9/11.
YvesEnBart Says:
Sep 7, 2008 - ahhh the good old days...Kai Tak was the best !!!
thrax777 Says:
Sep 7, 2008 - nice tribute
aljohnallen Says:
Sep 7, 2008 - Think its the theme from the dam busters movie..
aljohnallen Says:
Sep 7, 2008 - Great video..Well put together..Best Kai Tak video on u tube 5 stars.
aljohnallen Says:
Sep 7, 2008 - oops i was wrong,,its not from dam busters but theme from 633 squadren war movie..sorry
philpot05 Says:
Sep 7, 2008 - Great work bec. Nicely edited. Good soundtrack. Stirring stuff. Outstanding tribute. Hope it's available again soon.
cmsimo999 Says:
Sep 7, 2008 - grrreat vid
aarrgh5 Says:
Sep 7, 2008 - Great job on the video. The plane couldn't have been more than 50 feet over the freeway!
tigerswede3 Says:
Sep 7, 2008 - stop having so many babies and your stupid country wouldn't be so fucking crowded.