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Flight 605: the 747 wreck at the runway end
An optional 1993 scene: a 747-400 with a crushed nose against the seawall, its tail under the water and its fin cut off.
Fly Kai Tak can now show the wreck of Flight 605, the 747-400 that ran off the end of Runway 13 on 4 November 1993 and came to rest in Victoria Harbour. It is an option on the home screen and it is off by default, because the jet was not there in 1998.
Where it lies
The jet touched down well along the runway, overran the far end through the approach lights and slid off into the harbour. It came to rest facing almost the opposite way to its landing direction. The sim puts it at the end of Runway 13, just left of the runway line, with the nose up on the seawall and facing back toward the runway.
What the sim shows
- Partly under water. The front of the fuselage is clear of the water, the wings and inner engines sit at the surface, and the rear fuselage is under it. The cabin stayed above water while the passengers got out, and the jet sank tail first.
- No fin. The vertical stabiliser was taken off with explosives soon after the accident, because it interfered with the ILS signals for Runway 31. The sim leaves a ragged stump.
- A crushed nose. The nose and the first-class cabin were damaged, so the nose is pushed in, drooped and twisted.
- Churned water round the hull, and a duller finish than a flying aircraft.
- Boats stay clear. Moored vessels near the wreck are hidden while it is on.
How to see it
On the home screen, tick Flight 605 wreck, November 1993 under the options. The wreck appears at once behind the menu. Start any flight and it is there at the end of Runway 13, in every mode. A Runway 31 approach passes right over it.
A note on the sim. The wreck is modelled from published accounts of the accident, so its pose and damage are close but not exact. As with every aircraft in Fly Kai Tak it carries no airline name, logo or livery.
Fly Kai Tak 而家可以顯示 605 號航班嘅殘骸。呢架 747-400 喺 1993 年 11 月 4 日衝出 13 號跑道盡頭，最後停喺維多利亞港入面。呢個係主畫面嘅選項，預設係關閉，因為 1998 年嘅時候呢架飛機已經唔喺度。
停喺邊度
呢架飛機喺跑道上面好後面先接地，衝過跑道盡頭同進場燈，然後滑落海港。佢最後停低嘅時候，機頭方向差唔多同降落方向相反。模擬器將佢放喺 13 號跑道盡頭、跑道中線偏左少少，機頭頂住海堤，面向跑道。
模擬器顯示啲乜
- 一部分喺水下。機身前面喺水面上面，機翼同內側引擎貼住水面，後機身喺水下。乘客撤離嘅時候客艙仍然喺水面上，之後飛機機尾先沉。
- 冇咗垂直尾翼。意外後冇耐，垂直尾翼就用炸藥拆除，因為佢會干擾 31 號跑道嘅 ILS 訊號。模擬器留低一截參差嘅殘根。
- 撞扁咗嘅機頭。機頭同頭等客艙受損，所以機頭向內凹、向下垂，仲有少少扭曲。
- 機身周圍嘅水花，塗裝亦比飛行中嘅飛機暗啲。
- 船隻會避開。殘骸顯示嘅時候，附近停泊嘅船隻會隱藏。
點樣睇到
喺主畫面嘅選項入面剔選605 號航班殘骸（1993 年 11 月），殘骸即刻喺選單後面出現。開始任何飛行，每個模式都會喺 13 號跑道盡頭見到佢。31 號跑道進場會喺佢正上面飛過。
模擬器嘅說明。殘骸係根據公開嘅意外報道製作，所以位置同損毀情況接近，但唔係百分百一樣。同 Fly Kai Tak 所有飛機一樣，佢冇航空公司名稱、標誌或者塗裝。
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