1998/07/06 - 02 SP Airport (Closing Ceremony)

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[@voutenixz]

Kai Tak, you're the man !!!!!!! I'm Canadian and had you as my stop-over very many timesin the past and I still talk about you to this very moment.

[@ronngamiao5198]

REST IN PEACE: KAI TAK AIRPORT 1925-1998 Last Word For Kai Tak:Goodbye Kai Tak And Thank You

[@fistzonetv2282]

Good bye kai tak and thank you.

[@lizzie9300]

REST IN PEACE: ROBERT AUSTIN-MUELLER AIRPORT (OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, USA 🇺🇸) 1930-1999 Last word for Austin’s Robert Mueller Airport as it goes the way of its Chinese counterpart Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport: Goodbye Robert Mueller Austin Airport, And Thank You

[@lizzie9300]

Ten months after Kai Tak’s permanent closure…, Good bye robert austin-mueller municipal airport and thank you

[@Raressonboard]

one of the saddest moments in aviation history. Rip Kai Tak 1925-1998 :(

[@lizzie9300]

Only to be followed by YET ANOTHER ONE of the SADDEST MOMENTS in aviation history ten months later, >5,000 miles away, east across the Pacific Ocean, 1/2 way between the US West and East Coasts, about 100 💯 miles inland to the northwest of the Gulf of Mexico, in Central Texas, when the city of Austin, Texas, sadly follows the lead of Hong Kong with its own airport, closing Robert Mueller Municipal Airport (Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport’s U.S. counterpart!) forever, and opening Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok International Airport’s U.S. counterpart!) in its place, just as Hong Kong opened the larger Chek Lap Kok International Airport on its own island made entirely out of reclaimed land, to replace Kai Tak Airport on the night of July 6-7, 1998. Rip 🪦 Robert Austin-Mueller Municipal Airport of Austin, Texas 1930-1999 :(

[@William65362]

KAI TAK WILL LIVE FOREVER IN MY HEART.

[@lizzie9300]

AS WILL ROBERT MUELLER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, USA 🇺🇸, IN MY HEART!

[@nicklee2340]

I've never been to Kai Tak before, but I'm sure it must be an unforgettable experience to land in there.

[@mtrmtrD-bp6ji]

I also as I was born in 2001

[@BitterAppleFart]

Goodbye Kai Tak and Thank You

[@manucanuck]

i watched this from my room 20 years ago, memories...

[@jeremyhaines4481]

Good By Kai Tak Airport So much history behind it ❤

[@flapsfull5418]

I was only 2 years old kid when this airport was closed... It's a bit sad for me it isn't alive today..

[@ritualentertainment]

Brought a tear to my eye. I wish I could have travelled to Hong Kong in my youth and experienced a night landing at Kai Tak.

[@lizzie9300]

Sadly, I’ve never been to Hong Kong myself, and sadly never got the chance to step afoot in Kai Tak Airport, and now heartbreakingly never, EVER will be able to step afoot in Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport. ☹️😭😭😭😭😭😭💔💔💔💔 I DEEPLY FEEL (AND SHARE!) YOUR ANGUISH AND AGONY AT THE CLOSURE OF A BELOVED FAMILAR AIRPORT- I EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING, TOO- ONLY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS! THE TEARS 😭 START TO ROLL EASILY, MY 👀 GET PUFFY AND SWOLLEN WITH TEARS 😭, AND I CRY OUT MY TEARS 😭 AT THIS!!

[@callychiu666]

Thank you deeply so much for Kai Tak

[@ApelsinkusA]

Goodbye Kai Tak, and Thank You.

[@hkdac]

Goodbye Kai Tak and Thankyou!

[@unseencolours]

thank you kai tak, miss you thanx for sharing ^^

[@yobmas722]

this makes me tear up until now..

[@lizzie9300]

I weep 😭 easily at the thought and idea of airports closing down

[@FantasieAX]

good bye kai tak,and thank you >

[@user-xi1hk6db6b]

1:21 「Goodbye Kai Tak, and thank you!（再見啟德，謝謝你！）」

[@newerahascome1614]

眼水漸漸 滲出嚟， 請問你當時嘅感受係點樣？

[@AndyJay15]

Thank you for this video. Going to miss this airport although I've only ever been there on Flight Simulator. Going to miss the approach, very addicting.

[@DavBlc7]

I remember as a early teenage boy flying into Kai Tak in summer 1976 to see my parents (my father worked there as civil servants for Her Majesty's government's MOD until 1979). I got scared when I though the plane was going to crash into some flats because I hadn't realise the runway was out into the sea and even when the plane landed, I was still scared when I thought it was going to crash into the sea! Good memory and Goodbye Kai Tak - I wonder what happened to it now?

[@hung8377]

They built the cruise terminal and there is a small park with small jet at the end of runway

[@jeremyhaines3847]

This is very interesting and informative Good Bye Kai Tak Airport ❤

[@TheFS10show]

Kai Tak you will be remembered for ever thank you for such being a good airport

[@juga177]

GIVES ME THE CHILLS!

[@JohnGabrielCalle-m3i]

Goodbye Kai Tak and Thank you 😔😔

[@KKVN]

I wasn't even in this world during that time, but one thing I'm certain of is that this runway has been a place for mass developments

[@KKVN]

and my parents still remember the scenes at Kai Tak Those born in and after the 2000s will only remember the new developments there and the Chek Lap Kok Airport And what a pity is even that the terminal has already been demolished for the rail project

[@clonewars873]

Good Bye Kai Tak, and Thank You

[@louisekaille]

@oueslatikarim Uhm, when I watched "Building Hong Kong's Airport" there were still parked aircraft on the ramps when they started to move airport equipment to Chep Lak Kok.

[@paciic]

They were ferried to the new airport

[@pkkwok2008]

@SAVDC10 You can say clapping is way to show respect and gratitude to this marvelous airport.

[@TerencePaull]

ok

[@bjkenmt]

Goodbye Kaitak and Thank you!

[@MauritsVeen]

I was born 5 years after the closure of Kai Tak. How I wish it was still operational today...

[@klblackstar]

finally!!! someone who has this! thank you so much!!

[@quatro212able]

RIP KAI TAK AIRPORT YOU WILL BE MISSED

[@lizzie9300]

AND RIP 🪦 ROBERT AUSTIN-MUELLER AIRPORT YOU WILL BE MISSED, AS WELL

[@venusxxblue]

Ahhh this makes me cry :'(

[@lizzie9300]

BOY, DO I KNOW YOU YOU FEEL!!! This also makes me cry out all my tears 😭, and I weep until my 👀 are completely dried out! :’(

[@peterchajo]

lol i like this airport more than the one using now

[@TheJoChannelindia]

I love Kai Tak

[@iJakeTV]

I

[@andreasng5947]

Goodbye and thank you,KAI TAK

[@goldieParadise]

1:17 press f to pay respects

[@CalebKam]

73 Years...........

[@jovichow530]

记得小时候看香港电视有启德机场关闭的新闻。我也33岁了。

[@newerahascome1614]

感動

[@xhwkcj]

Cherish the Memory of Tai Tak 懷念老啟德

[@TerencePaull]

what is tai tak its not the airport name kid

[@einsteinboricua]

Quite the contrary. Many pilots regarded it as a fun challenge

[@joezegers]

The new airport is doing great.

[@pgpnuchk9394]

Thanks for sharing rate vdo.

[@hongkong4k108]

why did Siegel had to switch the lights off for twice??

[@germanchan309]

今日係啓德關閉17週年。

[@vitasoy1437]

they eventually pull down the terminals... the airport is a dirt ground now .. i believe the parking structure is still there.. they plan to build a "self sustaining" community there with a few cruise ship terminals

[@JoeLikesTrains]

good thing it closed too, planes had to do a very steep and tight turn before landing and the runway was too short and there were multiple accidents and the approach is right above the city and a whole comunity of shops

[@Hopuco]

Goodbye Kaitak and thank you

[@altanz3576]

有陳方安生和曾蔭權，好懷念那時的香港！！！可惜，馬上警棍要掌權港首了，歎…

[@sikmok]

kai tak turn off the runway light for ever.....

[@AndrewWin]

Good bye kaitak and thank you

[@oliverjumelle]

@kingofpolicehu its an emergency back up in case of power loss the generator kicks in and they turned that off too

[@adelinoramosteixeirajrramo7238]

gostaria de ter conhecido o kaitak

[@diegobernardo8898]

This made me cry, hong kong's first ever airport, and need to be replaced because of the sound pollution and need to be bigger because hong Kong is a busy place

[@louisekaille]

May I ask, but what happened to the planes parked at the airport when it closed?

[@cain_chamomille]

Idk, but from the photo on wiki about the day after its closing, the remained aircraft will have its ferry flight to nearby.

[@hung8377]

Nothing happen, those plane actually have to leave the airport first, there would be no remaining aircarft their, maybe the wreckage of the 747 of china airlines still there or already move to some where else, but it should not have any aircraft their when it close, those plane have to go away first, then the airport can close down.

[@Ryu1478Alternative]

@@hung8377 they should keep the same spot and open up a museum in the wreckage

[@hung8377]

@@Ryu1478Alternative true, but actually, there still a park at the end of old runway, and there’s a jet inside the park

[@Ryu1478Alternative]

@@hung8377 ohhh nice, if I have enough money, and a passport, I wanna travel there

[@pangtopia]

@Amar7605 What annoys me is that they have the balls to answer it as well. If I forget to turn off my phone or put it on silent in a meeting or in the movies and it rings I immediately reject the call. But in HK people answer the call any ways.

[@RamdomAvGeek]

0:51 nokia you know it's old if you hear this

[@bombardierdude15]

so sad :,(

[@Amar7605]

Man, everyone, please turn off your cell phones. What is that important to keep them on?!?!?

[@scarecrow108productions7]

Ikr. I think I heard a Nokia ringtone in the background during Siegel's closing speech. Lol

[@geomodelrailroader]

and with that Kai Tak has been shutdown it's IATA LIDS, Callsign, and IACO Number have been transferred to Chek Lap Kok Island which is about to open.

[@lllppjjj]

good bye，Kaitak.16years gao

[@leungthoman161]

23年前今日

[@1288881]

@keithkayan yeahh

[@CamShaft200]

:'( goosebumps...

[@austenyu577]

啟德機場正式結業

[@prince_edward]

1:31死唔眼閉

[@g.wu8]

It's pretty sad to watch this video tho 😂

[@tonytang5452]

好感傷

[@FlavorTrends]

by looking back, HK should not handover back to CCP, should keep HK island and Kowloon peninsula for chrissake

[@Braveplantt]

i salut to kai tak, even though im born after that but still born in HK. frick you, communists, for deleting the checkerboard approach XD edit: I have been to kai tak tho, its been remade into a cruise ship departure centre

[@MrGaboy2010]

They will be hunted down

[@Amar7605]

@fea168 Not to be racist, but this is the unfortunate Asian mentality. Unless it's religious, symbolism and respect for moments like this mean nothing. Kai Tak was a primary economic driver that helped Hong Kong be what it is today, not to mention the unherrald prosperity HK and her people enjoy. But the classless mentality that many Asian people have, where they think that they are above all on the world, showed with those cell phone rings. Sad. Just sad. BTW - I'm Indian, it's similar.

[@BoeingPMDG]

Goodbye Kaitak and thank you