Originally Posted by
Maisk Rotum
Heroes or Zeros??
Neither, I would say – just professionals. As falconeasydriver says, KLM are masters of their art (except for that fool at Tenerife in 1977) and I'd trust them to get down safely if they could, and to divert if they couldn't.
I'd like to see a video of that landing though!
This report says at least one other crew tried it (Ethiopian) but diverted.
Only one plane lands in Hong Kong International Airport as Typhoon Hato wreaks havoc with flight schedules