Extreme Engineering
Documentary Series (2003-2011)
Series analyzing a completed or ongoing sizable engineering project in each episode.
Season One
Airbus A340-313X
Ep.1.07 Building Hong Kong's Airport.
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Boeing 747-412
Ep.1.07 Building Hong Kong's Airport.
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Boeing 747-467
Ep.1.07 Building Hong Kong's Airport.
On approach to Hong Kong Kai Tak International Airport.
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Boeing 747-357
Ep.1.07 Building Hong Kong's Airport.
On approach to Hong Kong Kai Tak International Airport.
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Boeing 747-4B5
Ep.1.07 Building Hong Kong's Airport.
Difficult landing at Hong Kong Kai Tak International Airport.
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Boeing 747-4R7F(SCD)
Ep.1.07 Building Hong Kong's Airport.
Registration LX-MCV, c/n 29729/1189 built in 1970.
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Boeing 747-122/SF
Ep.1.07 Building Hong Kong's Airport.
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Boeing 747-422
Ep.1.07 Building Hong Kong's Airport.
Taking off from Hong Kong Kai Tak International Airport.
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Boeing 747-251F/SCD
Ep.1.07 Building Hong Kong's Airport.
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Boeing 747-2U3B
Ep.1.07 Building Hong Kong's Airport.
Hong Kong International Airport.
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Boeing 747-409
Ep.1.07 Building Hong Kong's Airport.
China Airlines Flight 605: Boeing 747-409 overran the runway at Hong Kong Kai Tak International Airport on November 4, 1993.
Registration B-165, c/n 24313/977.
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McDonnell Douglas MD-11
Ep.1.07 Building Hong Kong's Airport.
China Airlines Flight 642: McDonnell Douglas MD-11, Registration B-150, c/n 48468/518 crash-landed and flipped over at Hong Kong International Airport during a typhoon in 1999. Operated by Mandarin Airlines.
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Airbus A330-343X
Ep.1.07 Building Hong Kong's Airport.
Close to Hong Kong Kai Tak International Airport.
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Hong Kong International Airport.
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Airbus A330-302
Ep.1.07 Building Hong Kong's Airport.
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McDonnell Douglas DC-10
Ep.1.07 Building Hong Kong's Airport.
Close to final approach to Hong Kong Kai Tak International Airport.
Boeing 777
Ep.1.07 Building Hong Kong's Airport.
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On approach to Hong Kong Kai Tak International Airport.
Boeing 747-4H6 & Boeing 747-481D & Boeing 767-338/ER & Airbus A340-313X & Boeing 747-467
Ep.1.07 Building Hong Kong's Airport.
From left to right. Hong Kong Kai Tak International Airport.
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Antonov An-124-100 Ruslan
Ep.1.07 Building Hong Kong's Airport.
Eurocopter AS-332L2 Super Puma in the colors of Hong Kong Government Flying Service loaded (or unload ?) from an Antonov An-124-100 of Antonov Airlines - International Cargo Transporter.
Boeing 747 Freighter of Northwest Cargo in the background.
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See also
- Airbus A330
- Airbus A340
- Antonov An-124 Ruslan
- Boeing 747
- Boeing 767
- Boeing 777
- McDonnell Douglas DC-10
- McDonnell Douglas MD-11
- Air Canada
- All Nippon Airways
- Antonov Airlines
- Cargolux
- Cathay Pacific Airways
- China Airlines
- Garuda Indonesia
- Hong Kong Government Flying Service
- Korean Air
- Malaysia Airlines
- Mandarin Airlines
- Northwest Airlines
- Philippine Airlines
- Polar Air Cargo
- Qantas
- Swissair
- United Airlines