'Scariest' airport in the world forced to close down and is now something very different
Cătălin Roșioru
It was the airport that made even the most seasoned pilots sweat. A concrete runway wedged between skyscrapers, mountains and Victoria Harbour - yes, Kai Tak in Hong Kong was once the world ’s most terrifying place to land a plane. For 73 adrenaline-fuelled years, millions of passengers clung to their armrests as they descended into infamy. Planes approached the city by skimming past apartment blocks so close you could practically see what was cooking in people’s woks. During what became known
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