Mog Spawn@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agoA cargo aircraft skids off a Hong Kong airport runway into the sea, leaving two 2 confirmed deadapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down11
arrow-up157arrow-down1external-linkA cargo aircraft skids off a Hong Kong airport runway into the sea, leaving two 2 confirmed deadapnews.comMog Spawn@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareklammeraffe@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·15 hours agoThat’s a really shitty place to put an ocean.
minus-squaremercano@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·13 hours agoIt beats the old Hong Kong airport. Harbor at one end of the only runway, steep hill at the other end, so half the time pilots had to do a sharp turn right before landing or right after takeoff.
minus-squareklammeraffe@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 hours agoWoooowww. I can hear those passengers screaming
minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·14 hours agoIn my experience, runways often end at the sea. Better that than having planes crash into houses or offices.
minus-squareklammeraffe@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·13 hours agoMeanwhile, in Massachusetts: Use the freeway! https://vger.to/lemmy.world/post/37586269
minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·13 hours agoThat’s not an unusual emergency plan, just unfortunate the only available emergency landing area was full of rush hour traffic.
minus-squareklammeraffe@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 hours agoClearly those cars should have pulled into the ocean!
That’s a really shitty place to put an ocean.
It beats the old Hong Kong airport. Harbor at one end of the only runway, steep hill at the other end, so half the time pilots had to do a sharp turn right before landing or right after takeoff.
Woooowww. I can hear those passengers screaming
In my experience, runways often end at the sea. Better that than having planes crash into houses or offices.
Meanwhile, in Massachusetts: Use the freeway!
https://vger.to/lemmy.world/post/37586269
That’s not an unusual emergency plan, just unfortunate the only available emergency landing area was full of rush hour traffic.
Clearly those cars should have pulled into the ocean!