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Old Sep 16, 2018 | 10:50 pm
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Originally Posted by Nicc HK
I was on AA193 arrived this morning at 07 22. Approach was surprisingly smooth into HKIA. Apparently the decision to land was made quite late with possible diversion to Tokyo.

Upon arrival we got put on a stand and told this was "due to congestion at the airport". Could not work that one out given there were so many empty gates.
It's actually surprisingly quiet with airport status reports. The congestion suggests, there are major hick-ups and only part of the airport can be used. Be it a lack of staff (due to limited ground transportation) or maybe flooded terminal area's.
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