

My very first landing in Hong Kong Kai Tak International Airport (Now closed) on a Boeing B757-200 DHL Aviation (Air Hong Kong). This flight originated from Beijing Capital International Airport (ICAO: ZBAA) a domestic flight i suppose, took off from Beijing at 0912 on runway 18L and ascend to 37,000ft or 11277m above sea level, while the autopilot takes over most of the flight we had some Chinese meals and teas, after 3hrs of slack it's time to get serious time to get ready to land, we expected runway 09 with the world famous right turn approach on finals finals, pior to landing we flew passed Hong Kong downtown and a 270' turn to Kowloon district hovering at 3000ft before doing the famous 20 degree right turn to line up with the runway where every aircraft do when landing in old Kai Tak International Airport, i had checkerboard in sight a little late because of the visibility conditions during that time then ended up landing on the runway a soft touch down on the tarmac then it was the usual "spoilers up reverse" and so we slow down along the runway before a left turn to exit the runway, then taxi to the gate for de-boarding then our 2 days in Hong Kong starts!
Weather: Light rain visibility 13miles and wind 240 at 12 knots
Equipment: Boeing B757-200BCF
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