That would've been a terrorist attack if there still had had planes flying that low in downtown Hong Kong now.

moonian said:
That would've been a terrorist attack if there still had had planes flying that low in downtown Hong Kong now.

"Still"? Was it ever a thng to see commercial planes flying just above one's head down there? O.o

Lirsoas said:
"Still"? Was it ever a thng to see commercial planes flying just above one's head down there? O.o

When the old Kai Tak Airport still existed, that's what you would observe every day.

Go ahead and search for that airport's name in Google Images and you will know.

And some interesting read: https://www.quora.com/How-difficult-would-it-be-to-land-an-A380-at-the-old-Hong-Kong-Kai-Tak-Airport

P.S. Another airport I know that has a similar situation is the one in the island of Sint Maarten in the Caribbean.

moonian said:
When the old Kai Tak Airport still existed, that's what you would observe every day.

Go ahead and search for that airport's name in Google Images and you will know.

And some interesting read: https://www.quora.com/How-difficult-would-it-be-to-land-an-A380-at-the-old-Hong-Kong-Kai-Tak-Airport

P.S. Another airport I know that has a similar situation is the one in the island of Sint Maarten in the Caribbean.

What.

The most baffling parts were the plane-spotters thing and the fact that the height of an entire district had to be lawfully limited in order to accommodate for the planes.

Color me impressed.

I'm glad it got sorted out. Allowing those landing conditions for so long was itself the terrorist act, urban expansion or not. D: