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Old 19th April 2003 | 19:16
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ShyTorque

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I was involved in an air search for survivors of an Indonesian C-130 that crashed into Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, shortly after taking off from Kai Tak one Friday night in the mid 1990s.

I understand that the pitch control of one of the starboard props was lost. It went into either flat or reverse pitch, yawing and rolling the aircraft hard right until it hit the sea, where it broke up into small pieces.

Fortunately, the runway was 13; if 31 had been in use the aircraft would probably have crashed onto the apron or main terminal building.
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