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Why was Kai Tak Airport so dangerous?

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Kai Tak only had one runway (referred to as 13 in one direction and 31 in the other). The runway was mostly built on landfill jutting out into Victoria harbour. The end of the runway attached to the land was close to a group of steep hills. read more

So the runway approach at Kai Tak looked harrowing because it involved a last minute sharp turn at low altitude often with crosswinds working against a clean completion of the turn resulting in so called "crab" landings. read more

After the last plane, a Cathay Pacific A340-300, took off from Kai Tak International Airport to the new Hong Kong International Airport at 01:28 HKT, Kai Tak was closed, transferring its ICAO and IATA airport codes to the replacement airport at Chek Lap Kok. read more

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