Typhoon Dujuan
Sep 4, 2003 | 1:04 am
#18
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: YVR
Posts: 715
Guy Betsy, could you post a trip report on your CX 839 flight ?!! i'm very interested in knowing what happens on a CX plane when it's only an hour from HKG and gets diverted. what happens to the pax on the plane once the plane lands @ the diverted airport etc. the closest i came to flying in during a typhoon is coming in 1 day before T9 was put up in 1997. AC007 which left a few hours before your flight also got diverted to TPE too.
Sep 4, 2003 | 7:06 am
#19
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: From and of Boston.
Posts: 4,973
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by christep:
...most of those [mainlanders] died because a very shoddily built building that they were sheltering in fell down. That is a completely different issue.</font>
...most of those [mainlanders] died because a very shoddily built building that they were sheltering in fell down. That is a completely different issue.</font>
The biggest risk in an urbanized area is often flying objects -- windows, debris, etc. In areas with tall building, the wind tunnels created by the synergy of the weather and the topography created by the buildings themselves can become extraordinary. It's also extremely difficult to predict: you might have winds >100km/h on one blocks, while it's no more than breezy 3 blocks away.
Those who pay little heed to the forces of Nature do so at their own risk.