Hong Kong - Kai Tak airport closes

Описание: (5 Jul 1998) T/I: 11:16:21 GS: 10:42:23 (10/07/1998)


The last plane flew out of Hong Kong's Kai Tak airport in the bustling heart of the Kowloon peninsula late on Sunday (5/7), ending more than 70 years of aviation history. Cathay Pacific flight CX251, bound for London's Heathrow airport, was the last plane to leave Kai Tak, which is being closed down. A lights-out ceremony was planned for 1:00 a.m. on Monday (1700 GMT Sunday) at Kai Tak, where a huge logistics operation was already moving tonnes of equipment to Hong Kong's new
state-of-the-art airport on the outlying island of Chek Lap Kok.


SHOWS:

HONG KONG 5/7
KAI TAK AIRPORT
0.00 WS last plane arriving at Kai Tak;
0.05 CU man in traffic control office watching runway
0.08 WS passengers getting out of plane
0.13 WS Cathay Pacific plane taxiing down runway -last plane to leave Kai Tak;
0.24 WS check in lounge
0.28 CU woman checking in
0.30 WS long line of passengers checking in
0.32 VOX POP (man with beard) "We've been here 15 years now so
we've been here many times. Its great to be here on the last day."
0.38 VOX POP "Goodbye to an old friend but we are excited to see
the new airport."
0.47 PAN of plane coming in to land over the airport
0.51 WS spectators watching arrivals
0.53 CU plane taxiing in
0.56 PAN trucks leaving Kai Tak airport airport bound for Chek
Lap Kok airport;

CHEK LAP KOK AIRPORT
1.05 WS preparations at Chek Lap Kok airport - painters adding
finishing touches;
1.07 CU entrance and cleaners hosing down pavement;
1.10 WS convoy of trucks arriving
1.15 WS interior
1.17 WS man walking past arrival/departures board
1.20 WS empty check in desk at

KAI TAK AIRPORT
1.23 WS empty tarmac of Kai Tak airport;

1.30 VISION ENDS

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