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Old 26th Feb 2017, 22:31
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A total of 35 fire engines with 132 firefighters and rescuers were dispatched to the scene.

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/l...h-ma-shan-golf
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Old 27th Feb 2017, 00:58
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I wonder how all of those golf balls affects the braking performance. Is there a code for that?

A remarkable demonstration of airmanship, must have been CX trained. Im sure the mouth music was spot on and the carb ice has melted.
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Old 27th Feb 2017, 02:33
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"Veteran Pilot". 2,000 hours
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Old 27th Feb 2017, 05:04
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Come on, ACMS, that's way more time than any of the "pilots" Cathay hires these days.
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Old 27th Feb 2017, 08:38
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Very sad. Did my first ever flight in that aeroplane, VR-HHN as it was then. Apparently a write off

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Old 27th Feb 2017, 10:24
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Im glad you guys find this sort of thing humorous and enjoy mocking others. You guys at CX must be such a fantastic lot to fly with. Bravo
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Old 27th Feb 2017, 23:13
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Don't read the FH forum then if it offends you. Surely there's enough going on in the dark
Continent to keep you interested ?
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Old 28th Feb 2017, 04:27
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Yes it's good all survived, which is why the dark humour can now surface and we can enjoy a little freudenschade.
When the newspaper quoted the pilot as saying he was worried about injuries caused by landing on the flat area "in case the plane tipped over" it seems a little bizarre our "veteran" pilot thought it safer to park it in a tree.
We all know journalists quote out of context and incorrectly, but if true, you'd have to wonder what Biggles was thinking. After all, he is a veteran pilot.
I genuinely would be interested to know the real reason he went bush rather than force land on the flatter option he chose to avoid.
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Old 28th Feb 2017, 05:00
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Didn't want to ruin his golf handicap
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Old 28th Feb 2017, 06:50
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The friction coefficient of golf balls does not favor good braking.
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This kind of accident has not happened to me for years, but I am not frightened

Trust this is also a misquote.
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Old 1st Mar 2017, 12:12
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(Glad they walked away ok)
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Old 1st Mar 2017, 12:34
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Impressive.
The point is pfcspnf, that's about 4 times the number of fire engines and fire fighters that will turn up if you prang your A380 at CLK.
something obviously lost in translation.
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Old 1st Mar 2017, 12:46
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LapSap, I got it. Quite ridiculous.
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Well it doesn't surprise me , just like they need 50 small built cops to arrest one dude who's drunk out his mind in Lang kwai fong.
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Fairway to land on but we might flip so fluff it into a tree?
The mind boggles.
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Old 7th Mar 2017, 02:08
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Probably had it on Autopilot and programmed the L NAV V NAV arrival into the tree following a nice Magenta line.
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Accident report will be an interesting read, if it is ever published
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Old 14th Mar 2017, 01:59
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Are you guys genuinely complaining about a city plush with rescue resources that can afford to dispatch 10 police to deal with one small incident or several fire engines for a single plane crash? Ok perhaps overkill but think of all those countries where you phone for help and it isn't coming, or its coming 30 mins from now. "Just a single gunshot wound? yeah.....we might have an officer pass by an hour from now."
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