Kai Tak Airport was an international airport of Hong Kong from 1925 until 1998. Officially known as Hong Kong International Airport from 1954 to 6 July 1998,it is often referred to as Hong Kong International Airport,Kai Tak,or simply Kai Tak and Kai Tak International Airport,to distinguish it from its successor,Chek Lap Kok International Airport,built on reclaimed and levelled land around the islands of Chek Lap Kok and Lam Chau,30 kilometres (19 mi) to the west.
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport is one of two international airports of Shanghai,the largest city by population in China,and a significant airline hub of the country. Hongqiao Airport mainly serves domestic and regional flights,although the airport also serves select international flights. The airport is located near the town of Hongqiao in the outskirts of Changning and Minhang districts,13 kilometres (8.1 mi) west of downtown,and is closer to the city center than the area's primary international airport,Shanghai–Pudong.
The British Aerospace 146 is a short-haul and regional airliner that was manufactured in the United Kingdom by British Aerospace,later part of BAE Systems. Production ran from 1983 until 2001. Avro International Aerospace manufactured an improved version known as the Avro RJ. Production for the Avro RJ version began in 1992. Later on,a further-improved version with new engines,the Avro RJX,was announced in 1997,but only two prototypes and one production aircraft were built before production ceased in 2001. With 387 aircraft produced,the Avro RJ/BAe 146 is the most successful British civil jet airliner program.
Sam Ratulangi International Airport is an international airport located 13 kilometres north-east of Manado,the capital city of North Sulawesi,Indonesia. The airport is named after the Minahasan educator and independence hero Sam Ratulangi (1890–1949). It is designated as one of the 11 main entry ports to Indonesia by the Ministry of Tourism and Culture of Indonesia and serves as the main gateway to the Bunaken National Marine Park. It is currently the operating base of Lion Air and Wings Air for the north-eastern part of Indonesia and serves international scheduled flights to several destinations in Asia.
In aviation,a water landing is,in the broadest sense,an aircraft landing on a body of water. Seaplanes,such as floatplanes and flying boats,land on water as a normal operation. Ditching is a controlled emergency landing on the water surface in an aircraft not designed for the purpose,a very rare occurrence. Controlled flight into the surface and uncontrolled flight ending in a body of water are generally not considered water landings or ditching.
Nicosia International Airport is a largely disused airport located 8.2 km (5.1 mi) west of the Cypriot capital city of Nicosia in the Lakatamia suburb. It was originally the main airport for the island,but commercial activity ceased following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974. The airport site is now mainly used as the headquarters of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus.
Guilin Liangjiang International Airport is an international airport serving the city of Guilin in South Central China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is located in Liangjiang Town,about 28 km (17 mi) southwest of the city center.
Qinhuangdao Shanhaiguan Airport is a military airport in Qinhuangdao,Hebei Province,China. It is located in Shanhaiguan District,15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the city center. From 1985 to 2016 Shanhaiguan Airport also served as the civilian airport for Qinhuangdao. On 31 March 2016,the newly built Qinhuangdao Beidaihe Airport started operation and all civil flights were transferred to the new airport.
The Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident is a British airliner produced by Hawker Siddeley. In 1957,de Havilland proposed its DH.121 trijet design to a British European Airways (BEA) request. By 1960,de Havilland had been acquired by Hawker Siddeley. The Trident's maiden flight happened on 9 January 1962,and it was introduced on 1 April 1964,two months after its main competitor,the Boeing 727. By the end of the programme in 1978,117 Tridents had been produced. The Trident was withdrawn from service in 1995.
Portsmouth Airport,also known as Portsmouth City Airport,PWA (Portsmouth Worldwide Airport) and Hilsea Airport,was situated at the northeast Hilsea corner of Portsea Island on the south coast of England and was one of the last remaining commercial grass runway airports in the United Kingdom.
Channel Airways was a private airline formed in the United Kingdom in 1946 as East Anglian Flying Services.
Shanghai Longhua Airport,then called Shanghai Lunghwa Airport,was a converted general aviation airport and PLAAF airfield located south of downtown Shanghai,China,on the bank of the Huangpu River. It opened in the early 1920s and served as the city's airport until the 1950s when Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport opened. Thereafter,it was one of two general aviation airports serving Shanghai and also served as an emergency landing site for police,fire and rescue operations southwest of the city. The airport was eventually closed at 1966,and the airport grounds were slowly built over though a period of between 1993 and 2016.
Thai Airways Flight 231 was a scheduled passenger flight that crashed on 27 April 1980. The Hawker Siddeley HS 748 operating the flight,registration HS-THB,stalled and crashed after entering a thunderstorm on approach to Bangkok. The accident killed 44 out of 53 passengers and crew on board.
CAAC Flight 3303 or China Southern Airlines Flight 3303 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from the former Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Guilin Qifengling Airport,China. It was serviced by a Hawker Siddeley Trident,registration B-266,that crashed into a mountain on 26 April 1982,killing all 112 people aboard.
CAAC Flight 301,a Hawker Siddeley Trident operated by CAAC Guangzhou Regional Administration from Guangzhou Baiyun to Hong Kong Kai Tak,ran off the runway in Hong Kong on 31 August 1988 after clipping approach lights. This was the first accident of China Southern Airlines since the split of CAAC Airlines from 1 July 1988. Six crew members and one passenger perished in the accident. The crash shut down Kai Tak Airport for more than six hours after the accident.
The 1983 Guilin Airport collision was a ground collision between a People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Harbin H-5 bomber and a CAAC Hawker-Siddeley Trident at the military –civilian Guilin Qifengling Airport,killing 11 passengers.
CAAC (中国民航),formerly the People's Aviation Company of China (中國人民航空公司),was the airline division of the Civil Aviation Administration of China and the monopoly civil airline in the People's Republic of China. It was founded on 17 July 1952,and merged into CAAC on 9 June 1953. In 1988,the monopoly was broken up and CAAC was split into six regional airlines,which later consolidated into China's Big Three airlines:Beijing-based Air China,Guangzhou-based China Southern Airlines,and Shanghai-based China Eastern Airlines.
Changsha Datuopu Airport,or Datuopu Air Base,is a military air base in Changsha,the capital of South Central China’s Hunan province. It also served as the public airport for Changsha from 1957 until 1989,when all civil flights were transferred to the new Changsha Huanghua International Airport.
Fuzhou Yixu Airport was an airport located in the south side of Gaogai Mountain,Nantai Island,Cangshan District,near downtown Fuzhou,the capital of East China's Fujian province. It was the city's main airport until it was replaced by the newly opened Fuzhou Changle International Airport on 23 June 1997.
Tibet Airlines Flight 9833 was a scheduled commercial passenger flight in China from Chongqing to Nyingchi by Tibet Airlines. On 12 May 2022,the A319-100 aircraft operating the service suffered a runway excursion,causing both engines to separate,followed by a fire near the front of the aircraft. 36 people were injured during the evacuation.
