Mog Spawn@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoA cargo aircraft skids off a Hong Kong airport runway into the sea, leaving two 2 confirmed deadapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down11
arrow-up159arrow-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 · 2 days agomessage-square7linkfedilink
minus-squareklammeraffe@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days agoThat’s a really shitty place to put an ocean.
minus-squaremercano@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days 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-up2·2 days agoWoooowww. I can hear those passengers screaming
minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoIn my experience, runways often end at the sea. Better that than having planes crash into houses or offices.
minus-squareklammeraffe@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days agoMeanwhile, in Massachusetts: Use the freeway! https://vger.to/lemmy.world/post/37586269
minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days 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-up3·2 days 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!