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Old 7th Oct 2008, 23:11
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A320 Hk

Zagorfly says ...
an ordeal in its A 320 approaching the old Kaitak Airport in Hong kong during a typhoon
I'm pretty sure I witnessed this from the ground. It was a Dragonair A320 and made 3 approaches to the seaward end of the Kai Tak runway. Each time, below about 500 feet on approach the plane was snap rolling about 45 degrees each way - same thing happened each time he tried to land - on the last occurrence he managed to get it on the ground with several burst tyres, stopped on runway and immediately evacuated passengers. I heard rumours at the time that it was caused by software problems but was never able to find out much about it. Anyone any further information? - it was frightening even to watch.
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