Swissair McDonnell Douglas MD-11 crosswind landing Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport 香港 啟德機場

[dallasrichar26]

This vid is a favorite on Qatar

[lodojopomofo]

in soviet russia, airplane lands you

[mrceebees14]

McDonnell Douglas, shit planes for shit pilots.

This video proves it.

[MrPhucdatbich]

@mrceebees14 You, are a complete and utter fucking idiot. Get a clue.

[xxxlayxlowxxx]

Why'd they close Kai Tak?

[MrBenjamin223]

@xxxlayxlowxxx To dangerous 

[xxxlayxlowxxx]

@MrBenjamin223 Thanks for telling me :).

[MrBenjamin223]

@xxxlayxlowxxx no problem

[Boeing744andRCAquad]

Why are tri-jets being replaced as passenger aircraft?

[thetexandriver]

@Boeing744andRCAquad

tri-jets are being replaced with twin-jets because 2 engines are much cheaper to design, build, and fly (obviously, with 1 less engine). the original reason for tri-jets was to avoid ETOPS restrictions (basically, twin-jets can't fly too far from areas without airports, aka oceans and whatnot), but quad-jets like the 747 are overkill for many oceanic routes. tri-jets were/are exempt from ETOPS restrictions, but now that jet engine reliability has improved so much...

[thetexandriver]

@Boeing744andRCAquad

...ETOPS certifications are much more lax (the 777 holds the current record for flying 6 hours or so on ONE engine). with twin-jets being more able to (legally) fly ETOPS restricted routes, companies no longer have a need to fly the more expensive tri-jets. hence the demise of planes like the dc-10 and md-11.

[shafferpilot]

I'll never understand how so many airline pilots don't know how to use the rudder in a forward slip.

[amandahiya94]

the camera man was standing on the checkerboard right!!?!

[FlyingPhoAddict]

55 people think DC-10s Blow... They probably lost medical certificaton and fly on the computer with children.

[Squishina]

Nah I heard crosswind landing in hong kong as like that

[crossbike]

I get sentimental. Our Swissair, national symbol of Swiss quality and prestige, former best airline in the world, does'nt exist anymore because of bad management. What a drama.

[FlyingPhoAddict]

@crossbike I couldn't agree more. What an amazing airline. Lost the same way some of the other "fallen flags" ie Braniff and Pan-Am... back when you got dressed up to fly and they didn't dare serve food on plastic trays.... all fine china... cheers man.

[crossbike]

@FlyingPhoAddict

you made my day ^^ cheers dude!

[FlyingPhoAddict]

@crossbike well I think life is about living peak experiences I just love to go a step further and create them :) Have a great one man.

[tylerboy247]

ditto



[PinoyLabanFighter198]

Dont they get wake turbulence from the departing aircraft too?

[vonjager]

those Swiss pilots are the best pilots in the world, bar none

[Andrewawesome123]

0:34 a plane was taking off -_- thanks chinese for clogging up the runway before the swiss get there ;)

[VideoZombieFTW]

@Andrewawesome123

*cough* Japan *cough*

[Andrewawesome123]

@VideoZombieFTW

uhh dumbass.... hong kong is in china *cough cough*

[tonapu]

why do people go to hong kong it is such an ugly city.

[ginzalonda]

@tonapu - you should go and visit the city today.... this airport was closed in the mid 1990s. Today, the airport and city in Hong Kong is far more developed and modern. Furthermore, the new Hong Kong International Airport is one of the best airport in the world with honors from Skytrax ranking it Airport of the year on 6 or more occasions.

[hokaching]

@tonapu I don't think so sorry, Hong Kong is very beautiful no matter now or past, there is east-meets-west culture. Those old buildings is exactly a part of hk's culture nowadays. They are very precious culture and memory, so you can't say it is ugly, they show hk's history. Exactly beacuse of the part of old memory has been being left in the prosperous city today, so hk is so beautiful.

And this is only an old part of Hong Kong, not the latest city.

[MGA380]

nice video

[TheChefKev]

Why Thumbs up for closed down airport !?

I really miss this Airport and would put my thumb down for closing that !

[SteU4IA]

i have a aunt that lives in an apartment in hong kong, her window view is exactly the frame at 0:25. unfortunately the airport is closed. If not i would go back and watch planes land all day.

[SAMCAMJAIK1]

This same plane crashed in 1999! Swiss Air 111

[SteU4IA]

@SAMCAMJAIK1 Swiss air 111 crashed into the atlantic

[fs10inator]

@SAMCAMJAIK1 1998, not 1999.

[SAMCAMJAIK1]

@fs10inator Whoops! Thank you for pointing that out!

[GoRockQuads]

I wish they kept it open so all of us pilot-wannabes can try our hand at that place -.-

[manudan93]

best looking plane EVEEEEEERRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jriccioj]

this is awesome

[rupdaddy]

crazy spacing!

[glowe5]

I'll be happy to live in those house's near runway

[williangta12]

hehe, the plane comes ripping aside

[thalmanf]

@ProfessionalAirCorps "that we accepted the expulsion initiative..." arms würschtli, du. im gägäsatz zu dir und dim name bin ig ou im richtigä läbä pilot. und du nid meh aus ä usländerhasser, du trurigä siech.

[chair5432]

Flame wars on Youtube vid, jeez, get a life ppl.

[MisterHowzat]

@Sophiee1609 Your wording suggests ALL Asians?!? ALL Asians can't drive? but they ALL can fly? And what makes your comment even more stupid is, What makes you think the pilot is Asian?! Just because he's landing in an airport in Asia? What if he took off from an airport in Europe? So he was a European when he took off, but somehow became an Asian when he landed in HK?

[jodielynndavis]

Wow wow wow how can a video about a jet landing in crosswinds lead to such a messed up "he said" racisit forum...like really???????????????? Settle down boys!

[tannerknox943265]

Goog job! :)

[PanekPL]

@ProfessionalAirCorps You stupid fuck, I'm Polish, not Chinese. My comment was supposed to be a joke. You stupid piece of shit.

[PanekPL]

Fucking Germans, get outta my China.

[europapatriot]

@PanekPL Never say to a swiss guy that he is a German. He probably will freak out xD

[Hide4482]

@PanekPL Fucking Asians, so racist and yet we still havent kicked them out of the US

[PanekPL]

@Hide4482 (Hint: I am an European)

[PanekPL]

@Hide4482 (A European, actually. Never mind. Fucking Germans should still get outta my China!)

[thalmanf]

@PanekPL oh man. and polish people live in russia, or what?

[PanekPL]

@thalmanf Say what?

[wesseldewerk]

@PanekPL Swiss = Switzerland, not Germany! And what did this generation do to you??

From a Dutchmen, wich are from Holland.

[MrVielzzz]

Awesome

[S3RB4LIF3]

The japanese are so bored of cars....they've started drifting planes! lol!

[MasterJonzo]

@S3RB4LIF3 This is in China....

[AX5Z]

@S3RB4LIF3 this is in hong kong you fucking idiot

[MrPhucdatbich]

@S3RB4LIF3 How does Swiss equate to Japanese?

[9753241860hb]

@S3RB4LIF3 A Swiss airline landing in China, ?? where are the Japanese?

[mlps93]

@S3RB4LIF3

this is Hong Kong, which was UK back in those days

[DaveSull1994]

@S3RB4LIF3 its china .....

[yau2801]

kaitak doesnt have ils but instead they have IGS Instrument Guidance System

[yau2801]

kaitak doesnt have ils but instead they have IGS Instrument Guidance System

[tomibewi]

didn't they have no ils just visual markers?

[AlejandroBahaa]

I flew alot MD-11 realy nice! :) Zurich-Cairo alot ;) and it's not the MD-11s problem it was the tv stuf, I remember at the end the movies was shown on DVD portable player :)

[Redtape88]

MD-11 <3

[yetibiker08]

This is your captain speaking please fasten seat belts and feel free to use the vomit bags in front of you!!

[dravidwake]

Landed many times at Kai Tak in the 80s and 90s - and sometimes the approach was aborted and up we went again!

[TodoParaTuPCGratis1]

Look at this, Swissair Flight 111, Crashed Near Nova Scotia, Canada on September 2, 1999, cause of the accident, Fire on board!!!!!!!

Well, right now, i fly with KLM in a MD-11 but this MD-11 is new, and awesome!!!!!

[cirrus2366]

@TodoParaTuPCGratis1

MD dont mage passenger jets anymore....

[100Julmust]

kai tak is out of order

[manuelocoX22]

only chuck norris can land a 747 in hong kong with the eyes closed and with one finger xD

[Georgi74]

the runway is communist....

[ghettoperson257]

at 0:40 there was a shiny light on the upper left climbing up, it looked like another plane that just took off

[sashman3988]

swiss air

[jetfreak4]

Was this before or after the Swissair MD-11 disaster?

[Maxpilot777]

i think the reason why the MD-11 lands like that is due to its funny aerodynamics.

[labitx]

@Maxpilot777 Partly I guess. Mainly due to the insanity of this airport!

[MrLeventali]

l woldnt trust flying Mc Donell Douglas,they look scary planes

[ghettoperson257]

@MrLeventali yes McDonnell- Douglas do es make scary looking planes but if you think the MD-11 is scary, you are mistaken, don't fly the DC-10 it has a troubled history

[desktopkwan]

landing and departing at the same time! Great Job!

[MrBennerson]

48 people don`t know what a plane is! :D

[Krazykid000]

Great Shot! Even got the plane departing in the background @ 0:35

[swissxplane]

finally someone who knows how to hold a camera

[linfengye217]

they really picked the wrong spot for an airport.

[fallout3freak360]

looks a lot like a DC-10

[jessecruzu]

@fallout3freak360

DC-10 are the older ones, they don't have winglets and are shorther then this MD-11.

[phillyslasher]

@jessecruzu Hmm, is it safe to say that an MD-11 is like an upgraded DC-10-30 with winglets?

[jessecruzu]

@phillyslasher

Well you can say that, but the MD-11 is still a stondalone model lol.

But who cares, it's just that you know the differents :P

[tousmane14]

i think they closed the airport down

[tinyman12323]

@tousmane14 yupp in 1998

[Maverick1375]

@tinyman12323 I think it is being converted into a park now, latest Google Earth Images shows the airport demolished and the land filled in where it once had those little lake beds between the taxiways!

[ivanlai0225]

@tousmane14 because of noise pollution (no shit). people in hong kong used to joke about it; the airplanes flew so close to the buildings that people on them could see what were people down there having for dinner

[100mdb]

@tousmane14 yes, they really closed it.

[yoyoyoyoshua]

@tousmane14 been close since July 6,1998

[trent8002003]

@tousmane14 Kai Tak, a severely subpar facility (thanks to its highly dangerous approach angle) was shut down in 1998. The new HK International airport at Chek Lap Kok opened immediately afterwards and has proven to be a magnificent airport worthy of Hong Kong as a world class city.

[ssj4david]

@tousmane14 yeah, it has been closed since 1998

[VideoZombieFTW]

@tousmane14

Sadly, they did, due to many incidents and such a hard approach.

[caliman404]

@tousmane14 You're 13 years late

[tytzer93]

@tousmane14 This was the old airport..

[amandahiya94]

@tousmane14 yea

[cherkasian]

Absolutely beautiful landing . Unbelievable

[GerSimX]

SWISSAIR :D

[guilhermeuc]

it's only me or there is a plane taking off almost simultaneously at 0:35 ?

[nakazatoGTR]

@guilhermeuc yup busy airports, kinda reminds me of aircraft carriers, orchestrated mayhem.

[phillyslasher]

@guilhermeuc That's just a good Local Controller. You gotta keep the runway "hot". The second a departing aircraft hits positive rate, there should be either another departure taxiing into position or an arrival crossing the threshold.

[plaiterentire]

stupid chineeses trying to drift everything

[aohaho]

swiss pilot

THE BEST

[p0werf00L]

do the planes start and land there all day and night? thatd be horrible for the ppl who live there.

[deanow2007]

@p0werf00L The airport is closed

[slippp40]

what year are these videos recorded in? 1998?

[SinclairisCool]

it's like: high terrain high terrain high terrain AIRPORT! bang

[trancebeliever]

a similar swiss md11 crahsed into the ocean in 1998 due to fire onboard

[skeletordead]

shit no crash !!

[brydencheng]

woahhh,, u can see a plane had just took off!!

[snoopyloopy]

@brydencheng wake turbulence, anyone?

[manudan93]

swissair, good job!!

[CnjRoyalTV]

swiss airlines, that's what i'm talkin about

[driv82]

ładnie gnoja posadził

[ryno200]

Wonder how much people know Kai Tak is closed.

[stunner629]

0:35 to 0:42

u can see the place which just took off before this baby came :o

[phillyslasher]

@stunner629 lol ATC's gotta keep that runway hot!

[LaughsWontHurt]

Who the heck would dislike this? Not even an insane christian! Retards..

[ryno200]

@LaughsWontHurt low blow dude.

[Flyglobespan93]

If this is HB-IWF then it really is hard to believe it is gone

[spockspot]

2 lost aviation icons, Kai Tak and SwissAir

[MrElSatan]

@spockspot dont forget the MD-11

[spockspot]

@MrElSatan The MD-11 is still flying! KLM e.g. and Finnair... American Airlines. Fedex.

[elskerstine]

@spockspot Don't forget: Martin Air Cargo & World express

[spockspot]

@elskerstine Absolutely...

[Borck103]

@spockspot American Airlines do not fly them anymore :D Sadly they are being slowly retired by KLM as they get more A330s and 777s :(

[ManicEightBall]

I think he used all of 10ft of runway, there.

[LVEbonys]

If landing with cross winds at Kai Tak is a daily and common practice, there were some really serious failures in layout positioning and design by the engineer in charge of building this landing strip.

[skibdattles]

@LVEbonys You should see planes on final at that airport, they have to make turns around buildings right before landing.

[Borck103]

@LVEbonys Not really...Kai Tak was surrounded by high terrain which you can't see in the video. It was a bad site for the airport, not a bad design. Don't know who chose the site though.

[greenwoodboy]

@Borck103 I think the Japanese turned it into a major airport during WW2, surely for war purposes, when they controlled the city.

[Borck103]

@greenwoodboy They did indeed! :)

[BoeingCentral]

i dont get why they didn't just make it to where planes come in from the other side on an ILS

[ChasenSFO]

Awesome stuff.

[M0VEZIG]

dude, I bet some of the passengers pissed themselves if they were looking out the window XD

[thefsxandREALpilot]

can someone tell me please why instead of always making that risky turn to land why they just dont come in from the other way from the water???

[Wildguitar007]

@thefsxandREALpilot the wind is going the other way so ATC Tell them to land that way, cant tell them no :P

[thefsxandREALpilot]

@Wildguitar007 ya but they ALWAYS land on that one idk which is safer to land into the wind the proper way but turn 90 degrees ON FINAL or to land with a tail wind and have a slight risk of overshooting u know

[graydab]

@thefsxandREALpilot isnt the reason for not going the other way with tail winds and a higher chance of overshooting coz of a huge mountain !!!! hahahaha

[thefsxandREALpilot]

@graydab LOLnaaah they just push a button and a big hole opens in the mtn and the go right thru and close it again they got it from chuck norris...

[MD11Lover]

@thefsxandREALpilot Winds. You land and takeoff into the wind.

[supergut1234]

schon wieder iwelche deutschen "die schwere kamera "

[KimmurielBaenre]

Nice job, an MD11 isnt all that forgiving in a crosswind anyway, then add the notorious Kai-Tak approach and your in for a fun ride :D RIP Kai-Tak

[FreestyleBoy001]

yyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaa

i found Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport is the best airort of the world :D

[chrism216]

thats a badass pilot!

[addi138]

as far as my knowledge kai tak doesn't have an ILS. they have to make visual landings.

[DeltaAirtran]

0:35. Hey, one airplane just took off lol :D

[thefsxandREALpilot]

@DeltaAirtran wow your right! thats waaaaaaaay to close together what if there was a problem on takeoff rejected and it stopped in the middle of the runway! i know missed approach/go around buuut never know!

[Sliverslash86]

I miss the good old Swissair :(

[hefaine]

nice landing..

[danonwheels300]

It is really hard i done that on a sim

[MrZygo31]

niezle lądowanie

[ssgbull]

thats a dc10

[awhite6455]

@ssgbull wtF Swissair did not have a DC-10 in that livery nor did DC-10s have winglets

[Raggioazzura]

@awhite6455 MD-11. Digitized cockpit, lengthened body, and new wings and engines compared to the DC-10. Really small vertical stabilizers too.. very easy to upset with the wrong control input

[tn00386]

VHHX唔錯的機場.....

[Scandinavian92]

Isn't that the same aircraft which crashed into Atlantic ocean in 1998?

[planetaeskoria1]

@Scandinavian92

That was the HB-IWF who crashed on the 02.September 1998 into the Atlantic near Halifax.

[tonymctigue]

MD 11 was one of the nicest looking passenger jets ever built.

[aerand]

@tonymctigue Yep. Now mostly have been converted to freight. But pilots still find it tricky to maneuver on the ground because the nose wheel is too far back than most aircrafts.

[tinyman12323]

@tonymctigue i agree

[EuropeanVa]

I love this airport! It's apitty that they closed it. It could still be in service for national or regional flights. It is allways cool to watch videos of approches there. It's just fantastic.

[MrBebis]

香港 啟 德 機場  港 啟 德機場 :)

[harrybyles1996]

if you can land in hong kong you can land anywere

[AirlinePilotZJ]

@harrybyles1996 Its the other way around

[juniorfalcao1hotmail]

/watch?v=w7opugncipI

[bules72]

This airport is closed. Kinda.

[MasterOfTheStone]

this airport only has one runway? kinda sad

[Guydabest]

@MasterOfTheStone this airport was built like, 60 years ago in ww2. they've changed over to chep lap kok, the new airport. they only ever needed 1 runway in the early days

[bleedadream777]

and thats cool to have a runway in your city what place does lol