Originally posted by Fuzzy
Is that off of Kensai?
HK's old airport, Kai Tak
Other side is a big pool and the other is a big mountain.
You don't want to overrun your landing to the other direction, theres densely buildings in between the mountains.
I think this is the boeing which overran it's landing in poor visibility and ended up floating.
Lots of 747's at Kai Tak had their outboard engines changed due to striking the runway on landing

Kai Tak had one of the most dangerous approaches, but surprisingly no bad accidents happened during the years of its usage.