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Old 08-28-2007 | 05:15 PM
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I'm with you Dave on this one! It scares me that there are people in supposedly reputable airlines like KLM who would do such scary approaches.
They've got PAPIs there! he must have been in four reds - if not four greens!!! No excuses.

I sincerely hope that KLM whole crew had an interview with their manager - without tea and biscuits.

I hope all the other pilots know that if they cross the runway end above 100' or below 50' they go around and try again.
On U-tube there is a video of a crew doing it properly which reassures me a bit.
(Landing St. Maarten from Cockpit 747)
I believe those photos and videos are real, including the 757 taking off. With that much tail wind, and if he had a low V1, it is possible and safe enough to be that low taking off out to sea.

There is a nice one on U-tube of an approach to the old Kai Tak in Hong Kong on a rainy day too. (Cockpit View POV Landing IGS13 Day Rain Boeing 747 Hong Kong) Good view of the marker boards!
Alasdair Sutherland