A few weeks ago I posted the video to the now famous scene at Hong Kong airport, where a woman became a tad unhinged upon missing her flight. Well, it seems that one kind soul has generously translated all her nonsensical screaming and added subtitles. Check it out:
If you’ve ever missed your flight, how to do you cope? Imagine if we all behaved like this woman who missed her flight in Hong Kong. I think there would have to be a psych ward at each airport to help us cope with missed flights and delays.
We’re going retro with this review. Here is a new story about an old airport, Hong Kong’s retired Kai Tak airport. Thanks to Dangerdude for sending in this story.
I noticed there are no stories about the old Kai Tak airport. 8 of us arrived there at about 10 pm in November 1989, and, yes, we got the thrilling ride onto runway 13. Our Cathay Pacific flight had arrived an hour late & we had a connection to make to Sydney, Australia. Back then, you had to leave the plane on the tarmac, board a bus then they drove you to the terminal. upon getting off the bus, we saw security people with our names on white boards urging us to hurry with them. We ran down the terminal behind a little Cathay Pacific lady, running along in high heels calling out, “Follow me please!” Then, once we had reached the end of the terminal, she realised she had been leading us in the wrong direction & we proceeded to run in the other direction at top speed. Because our flight from Vancouver had arrived late & there were 8 of us, they had held the plane for us for 1/2 hr. So once we got to the right gate, we threw our passports, boarding passes at the gate attendant & ran onto our plane to Sydney. In all, we had been in Hong Kong 20 min. As we took off for Sydney, I kept thinking, “Were we REALLY here??” I’m planning a trip to Hong Kong this coming September so I’m looking forward to the new airport but will miss the quaint smallness of Kai Tak & the wild approach over Kowloon.
READ MORE ABOUT THE MODERN HONG KONG AIRPORT
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