You don't often see "look out the window or you will die" on an aviation approach chart, but Hong Kong is a special place. (They ended up giving up and relocating the airport)pic.twitter.com/x4Zc5H2wp6
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You don't often see "look out the window or you will die" on an aviation approach chart, but Hong Kong is a special place. (They ended up giving up and relocating the airport)pic.twitter.com/x4Zc5H2wp6
You can find the full chart and the entertaining context herehttps://unforbiddingcity.com/2013/03/24/checkerboard-hill-and-the-crazy-kai-tak-airport-approach/ …
The instrument landing system at Hong Kong was designed to fly you into the side of a mountain. If you did not turn at the last moment, you would fly into this checkerboard, designed by a humorless person who had the opportunity to paint a big target and wasted it.pic.twitter.com/RYHOhpYctd
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