Heart-stopping photos of Kai Tak International Airport (Hong Kong, closed 1998)
Heart-stopping photos of Kai Tak International Airport (Hong Kong, closed 1998)
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Check out these heart-stopping photos of Kai Tak International Airport in Hong Kong. It’s been closed since 1998 but is remembered for its dramatic landings.
Kai Tak was the official airport in Hong Kong until 1998. It was built on the Kowloon side, and the start and landing strips were built and then extended onto an artificial peninsula.
Approaching to land in Kai Tak was nicknamed "Kai Tak Heart Attack", as you came so close to the apartment houses in Kowloon that you practically could see into the apartment windows.
- History and more info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai_Tak_Airport
- 12 accidents during the time it was in operation: https://www.baaa-acro.com/city/hong-kong-kai-tak
- A cockpit view of landing on Kai Tak: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx3Ccs5tKfw
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Looks cool AF. HK was such an interesting place before
It still is, but less humour and free expression now.