china airline crash in the Hong Kong airport

informations from "aviation-safety.net" and "Civil Aviation Department of Hong Kong"

China Airlines flight 642 departed Bangkok for a flight to Taipei via Hong Kong. Weather in the Hong Kong area was very poor with a severe tropical storm ('Sam') 50km NE of the airport and gale force winds and thunderstorms. Extra fuel was carried, because the crew intended to continue to Taipei, depending on weather at Hong Kong on arrival. Before the arrival of flight 642 four flights carried out missed approaches, five planes diverted and 12 planes landed successfully.
Weather information obtained by the crew at 18:06 reported a 300deg wind at 35 knots and an RVR of 650m in heavy rain. The flight crew then prepared for a runway 25L ILS approach. Landing reference speed was calculated to be 152 knots and the captain (pilot-in-command) would fly the approach at 170 knots and would continue to land depending on a wind check on finals.
At 18:41, while flying the runway 25L ILS approach, weather was reported to the crew being 1600m visibility in the touchdown zone, wind 320deg/25 knots gusting to 33 knots. The aircraft was then cleared to land. At an altitude of 700 feet prior to touchdown a further wind check was passed to the crew: 320deg/28 knots gusting to 36 knots. Maximum crosswind component limit for the aircraft was 24 knots. The pilot-in-command continued with the approach, disconnected the autopilot but left auto throttle engaged. The MD-11, with a weight very close to the maximum landing weight permitted, stabilized slightly low on the glide slope. At 50 feet above the runway, upon power reduction to flight idle, the airspeed decreased from 170 to 152 knots. An attempt was made to flare in a slightly right wing down (less than 4 deg) attitude. The aircraft landed hard on its right main gear and the no. 3 engine touched the runway. The right main gear separated and the right wing separated. The MD-11 then rolled inverted as it skidded off the runway in flames. It came to rest on a grass area next to the runway, 1100m from the runway threshold. The right wing was found on a taxiway 90m from the nose of the plane.
The crash sequence in this case bears similarities to a Fedex MD-11 which also flipped upside down on landing at Newark.

Full version :
http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19990822-0

Report of the Board of Review on the Accident to Boeing MD-11 B-150 at Hong Kong International Airport on 22 August 1999 bu CADHK:
http://www.cad.gov.hk/english/n1.html
http://www.cad.gov.hk/english/n2.html

Wikipedia english ver.:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Airlines_Flight_642

Wikipedia chinese ver.中文版:
http://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E4%B8%AD%E8%8F%AF%E8%88%AA%E7%A9%B...

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[usernametaken1932]

thank god the dude at .15 informed us that "it crashed" or the others watching in the video would never have figured it out

[troxmorgan]

Boy: There's gonna be casualty's! NO SHIT SHERLOCK!

[grindsmygearsAU]

@goldenguava6 1999

[VerticalhorizonXL]

This was one of the first YouTube videos I ever seen.

[mysims500]

@goldenguava6 check at wikipedia

[goldenguava6]

Why did this happen

[ShikataGaNai100]

Amazingly...only 3 people died, despite the fact that the a/c flipped over after the wing strike.

[Nomi2014]

@usernametaken1932 Because they saw the wing touching the ground ... it really happened every1 was save!! just the wing got fired!

[jaan404jaan404]

@4wheelerDJ Thats because the plain was made in china 

[4wheelerDJ]

It's not funny! People died, diptards.

[BRUTUALTRUTH]

@randompro100  LOL

[orz487]

颱風天沒辦法降落就重飛或轉降其他機場啊 為何一定要逞強