Only in Hong Kong
 

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

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.

"Veteran Pilot". 2,000 hours:D

Come on, ACMS, that's way more time than any of the "pilots" Cathay hires these days.

Very sad. Did my first ever flight in that aeroplane, VR-HHN as it was then. Apparently a write off :(

The Cav

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

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 ?

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.

Didn't want to ruin his golf handicap

The friction coefficient of golf balls does not favor good braking.

This kind of accident has not happened to me for years, but I am not frightened

Trust this is also a misquote.

FORE

(Glad they walked away ok)

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.

LapSap, I got it. Quite ridiculous.

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.

Fairway to land on but we might flip so fluff it into a tree?
The mind boggles.

Probably had it on Autopilot and programmed the L NAV V NAV arrival into the tree following a nice Magenta line. :ok:

Accident report will be an interesting read, if it is ever published

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."