This old video of an Alitalia MD11 with a very rough landing into Kai Tak

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tomhanks95@reddit

An airline that doesn't exist landing in an airport that doesn't exist too, nostalgia

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JaaacckONeill@reddit

Aviation stuff like this makes me wish I was born in the '60s or '70s.

Not to mention how much more accessible general aviation flying was back then.

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maluket@reddit

You're romanticizing a fantasy.

Back then flying was super expensive and not as safe as today. Plus people could smoke inside the planes and all over the place.

There was no infotainment system at all, aircrafts were loud and used a lot of fuel.

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That era was great for plane spotting airliners. It was also great if you wanted to get your own plane in general aviation, at least it was much better than it is today. That was what I was getting at

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mxforest@reddit

People generally do this for Cars too. Almost everything you said holds for the same.

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iuart@reddit

I dont think it was acessible. It was definitely more cool, also more dangerous

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cheetuzz@reddit

in an airplane that currently can’t fly

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xXCrazyDaneXx@reddit

*not allowed to fly.

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morningdews123@reddit

So it can't?

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peepay@reddit

It could, under different jurisdiction.

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itszulutime@reddit

It may not fly

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morningdews123@reddit

What's the use of "currently" then?

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xXCrazyDaneXx@reddit

It can fly in a physical sense, just fuel her up and go the only thing stopping you from physically doing it are social norms.

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Plane_Isopod_5128@reddit

If we’re being pedantic, “can’t fly legally” works.

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Factorthetractor@reddit

And an aircraft retired from passenger service

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Coreysurfer@reddit

With another prob retired going the opposite way )

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Practical-Object-827@reddit

Probably retired.

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coolmandude545@reddit

They said passenger service

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miljon3@reddit

Think he meant completely retired since they are grounded.

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Insaneclown271@reddit

Landing on a center line that doesn’t exist.

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AnalBlaster700XL@reddit

In a territory that doesn’t exist.

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phantomtails@reddit

On tires that definitely didn’t exist after that moment

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HelloSlowly@reddit (OP)

Chequerboard approach into Kai Tak + MD11 being a bitch to flare/high final approach speed + Kai Tak crosswind and yet for me the scariest thing still has gotta be that GPWS call out

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scremily@reddit

Cockpit footage from another flight.

https://youtu.be/CJxbPY9uc5s?

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LogExpert5281@reddit

Very rough? At Kai Tak?? That was a Kai Tak 7!!!

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Icy_Huckleberry_8049@reddit

EVERY plane had a hard landing going into Kai Tak, it was the WORST airport to land at

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airport-codes@reddit

IATA	ICAO	Name	Location
	MD11	Wright Field	Chestertown, Maryland, United States

I am a bot.

^(If you are the OP and this comment is inaccurate or unwanted, reply below with "bad bot" and it will be deleted.)

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barf_of_dog@reddit

bad bot

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Appropriate-Count-64@reddit

That is… quite the ICAO code. Now I want to try landing an MD-11 there

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Joki7991@reddit

A grass strip for crop dusters.

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NotCook59@reddit

Bad bot. Who created a bot that thinks we need to be told all the airport identifiers? Just stop!

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chemaster0016@reddit

Bad bot.

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malcolmmonkey@reddit

Didn’t think that looked too bad 🙃

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ThisSiteSuckssss@reddit

It was sloppy but the td was pretty ok

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Hammer466@reddit

Same here, I was expecting a big main gear bounce with fuselage/wing flex, then the dreaded nose gear bounce, then a go around! This was just a little side drift and stayed out of the grass.

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NorthEndD@reddit

Tire wear looked pretty balanced.

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PessimisticBeliever@reddit

Surprised that 747 didn't start veering to the right, you know they were watching that like... "Oh Shit"

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BabiesatemydingoNSW@reddit

That didn't look very rough to me, but he did definitely plant it on the runway. We've all seen worse from Ryanair.

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JoeBagadonut@reddit

The centre line is more of a suggestion

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Status_Fox_1474@reddit

You’ve heard the stories about Italian drivers, right?

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whooo_me@reddit

They're more... guidelines.

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Foreskinzola@reddit

Just like lanes in Naples.

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graspedbythehusk@reddit

Just Hong Kong things.

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reddsht@reddit

I mean its like on roads if you cross the line you move into the oncoming traffic, right?

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virilixe@reddit

that centreline is there for moral support not practical application apparently.

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Dry_Complaint_3569@reddit

You can still smell the brake dust

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Final-War-1945@reddit

If you look closely, you can see that the 747 was rolling its eyes at the MD11's approach and landing. 747's were always known to be very judgemental.

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Lyravus@reddit

You would be too if you were objectively the best looking one there.

No plane will ever look as good as a 744.

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Kitsap9@reddit

A very rough landing, or a very normal landing at Kai Tac, back in the day?

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Weak_Duty_8237@reddit

Average landing in geofs

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NotCook59@reddit

That wasn’t that bad of a landing. I’ve done a lot worse!

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CouchPotatoFamine@reddit

Rough? Ryanair makes that look like a ballerina landing on her toes.

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Armageddon_71@reddit

Cleanest possible landing in Kai Tak lol

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FirmOwl7086@reddit

Hey, if they walked away from it. It was a good landing. Draws might have a stain in them, but it will wash out.

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NxPat@reddit

I was on one of the last Cathay flights into Kai Tak the last day before it closed. We ended up being stuck on the tarmac for a few hours because our flight had been delayed out of Tokyo and all the air stairs had already been transferred over to Chek Lap Kok.

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BrisYamaha@reddit

Once upon a time Alitalia used to provide wine with crew meals. Probably unrelated.

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NSW0lf@reddit

Pilot flying was on the centreline but got cramp in his right right leg passing minimums.

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smaad@reddit

Despite its reputation the DC-10 and the MD-11 are my favorites commercial airplanes of all time with the 747-100, 737-100 (with the cigar shaped engine).

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Single_Staff1831@reddit

YO.. THERES A TRANS WORLD FOR PLANES TOO😏🏳️‍⚧️

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citizenwake@reddit

Ha! Such a good comment for such an undeserving audience lol

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starkruzr@reddit

TWA! RIP, sigh.

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AntiChris_666@reddit

There was a saying in Germany back then:
Why does the Pope kiss the ground every time he gets off a plane? Because he's flying Alitalia.

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HelloSlowly@reddit (OP)

Chequerboard approach into Kai Tak + MD11 being a bitch to flare/high final approach speed + Kai Tak crosswind and yet for me the scariest thing still has gotta be that GPWS call out

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Celebration_Dapper@reddit

Yes, that gusty left quartering crosswind - note the windsock by the PAPI lights from 0:08 to 0:11.

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TkachukMitts@reddit

STABILIZER MOTION

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plhought@reddit

You can Inhibit the GPWS....

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Beahner@reddit

Exactly my thoughts. This has always been a trickier plane to land. And Kai Tek was always a trickier airport to land at. Put them together….

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supernakamoto@reddit

Funnily enough, the smoothest landing I have ever experienced in my life was on an Alitalia flight. It was like landing on a cloud. It just just have been a perfect combination of weather conditions and pilot skill but over 20 years later it still sticks out in my memory.

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Even-Analysis8223@reddit

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DadKnightBegins@reddit

Shoot…that’s like Wednesday for Ryan Air.

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-Fraccoon-@reddit

I mean. I’m no commercial pilot but, I’ve seen scarier looking landings than that. He missed the center line but it didn’t look super rough on the aircraft or anything. Good lookin landing to me!

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victorinseattle@reddit

Shiny side up 👍

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MaddingtonBear@reddit

Every time this video comes around again, I think to myself "runway's over there, mate"

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VerStannen@reddit

Damn that right main was CLOSE to the grass!

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Raid-Z3r0@reddit

What do you mean? That is an average Kai Tak landing.

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RedditAppSucksRIFftw@reddit

Kai tell eh? Yea he gets a pass.

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raidriar889@reddit

I’ve seen worse

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kil0ran@reddit

There are two aviation regrets in my life - talking myself out of taking a Concorde retirement flight and either not flying into Kai Tak , or being under the final. The really annoying thing is I had an option to have Kai Tak as a stopover leg for getting DU and I took Singapore instead because it was cheaper.

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