Name: 啟德機場關閉25週年！重溫香港那驚心動魄的空域 ✈️ － BBC News 中文 (啓德機場關閉25週年：回憶香港那驚險萬分的空港 － BBC News 中文)
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Duration: 8 min 59 s

And now witness history with me, Gill Kersley.

現在跟我一起見證歷史，我是 Gill Kersley。

Today I'm taking you back to 1998 and the last flight out of Hong Kong International Airport known as Kai Tak.

今天我要帶大家回到 1998 年，香港國際機場最後一班飛機離開啟德機場的時刻。

The Runway is situated in the middle of Victoria Harbour surrounded by mountains on three sides.

跑道就座落在維多利亞港中央，三面環山。

Pilots have to make a hair raising descent through the skyscrapers of Kowloon, making it world renowned.

機師必須穿過九龍的摩天大樓，進行驚險的下降，這讓它聞名世界。

Good evening ladies and gentlemen, this is Captain Sharman.

Welcome aboard our Flight 251 to London Heathrow.

歡迎搭乘我們 251 號班機前往倫敦希斯洛機場。

As you may be aware, this is the last commercial flight as a Kai Tak which will be closing immediately after we get airborne.

各位可能知道，這是啟德機場關閉前的最後一班商業班機，我們起飛後它就會立即關閉。

So we're all in this historic day together.

所以我們一起參與了這個歷史性的一天。

That's Captain Kim Sharman recalling what he said at the start of Cathay Pacific Flight 251 on July 6, 1998 whilst piloting the last commercial flight to leave Kai Tak before the airport closed down.

這就是金·夏曼機長回憶他在 1998 年 7 月 6 日，駕駛國泰航空 251 號班機，在機場關閉前的最後一班商業班機起飛時所說的話。

The airport, named after two Chinese businessmen, Mr. Kai and Mr.

這座機場以兩位中國商人啟先生和德先生的名字命名。

Tak, was world famous for the thrilling landing that became known as the Kai Tak Heart Attack.

它以驚險的降落聞名於世，被稱為啟德心臟病發作。

Here it's described in the BBC television programme the Air Show.

這是在 BBC 電視節目 Air Show 中描述的。

This is one of the most dramatic and spectacular landings in the world for passengers and pilots alike.

這是世界上最戲劇化、最壯觀的降落之一，無論是乘客還是機師。

Just seconds before touchdown, the Aircraft makes a 47 degree turn onto the final Runway heading.

在著陸前幾秒鐘，飛機做出 47 度的轉彎，對準最後的跑道航向。

At that moment the passengers have an alarmingly close view over the rooftops and the wingtip seems teasingly close to the network of washing lines.

就在那一刻，乘客可以非常近距離地看到屋頂，機翼尖似乎挑釁地靠近一排排的洗衣繩。

Yes, aviation lovers of the world, you already know that this is Kai Tak into international Airport Hong Kong.

沒錯，全世界的航空愛好者，你們都知道這是香港國際機場的啟德。

Kim estimates that he flew into kai Tak about four times a month for 23 years.

金估計他在 23 年裡每個月大約飛進啟德四次。

It was a monumental piece of engineering.

They look very, very low but it was all legal, it was unique.

它們看起來非常非常低，但一切都是合法的，非常獨特。

I'd been racking my brain trying to think of another airport with those degree of difficulties and there weren't any.

我絞盡腦汁想找另一個有這種難度的機場，但沒有。

It involved a fairly interesting approach because you had to fly down what's known as an instrument landing system, ils.

這涉及一個相當有趣的進場方式，因為你必須沿著儀器降落系統，也就是 ILS 飛行。

But normally with an ILS that takes you right down to the ground.

但通常 ILS 會直接引導你降落到地面。

This one stopped at about 500ft, 600ft and then you had to do a 43 degree turn to the right to line up with the Runway because if you carried on you'd have hit Lion Rock as is so cool because if you look at the this mountain of Kai Tak in profile it looks like a lion's head.

這個則在離地約 500 到 600 英尺處停止，然後你必須右轉 43 度才能對準跑道，因為如果你繼續前進，就會撞上獅子山，這很酷，因為如果你從側面看啟德這座山，它看起來就像一個獅子的頭。

To mark the turning point, there's a famous bit of the hill painted in red and white panels and that was done as A checkerboard.

為了標示轉彎點，山丘上有一個著名的紅白色塗漆區域，那是一個棋盤格。

Now all this of course is visual so you couldn't really do it in poor weather.

當然，這一切都是目視飛行，所以天氣不好時真的無法操作。

On a good day it was a, it was a privilege to do it, it really was.

好天氣的時候，能夠執行這個任務是一種榮幸，真的。

Can you remember your first flight in there?

你還記得你第一次在那裡飛行嗎？

I was in the Fleet Arm at the time and strange enough, I've got my logbook with me and it was on 14th October 1971 in the sea Vixen and actually we did a fly pass for Princess Anne's visit and we went around to the south of the island, joined up a formation and came flying down the harbor and I remember looking up and seeing skyscrapers above me and going past this building which has hundreds of round windows in it and the Chinese know it locally as a building of a thousand holes.

那時我還在艦載機部隊，很巧的是，我今天還帶著我的飛行日誌，那是 1971 年 10 月 14 日，我開著海毒狐（Sea Vixen）飛機，我們當時為了歡迎安妮公主的到訪而進行了低空飛越，我們繞到島嶼南邊，編好隊形，沿著維多利亞港飛進來，我記得抬頭看到摩天大樓在我上方，然後飛過一棟有數百個圓形窗戶的建築，當地人稱它為「千孔之屋」。

And then we went around the south, the island again and we went hurtling past.

然後我們又繞到島嶼南邊，然後我們快速地飛過。

Kim's fly past as a pilot in the British Royal Navy was his first flight into Kai Tak.

金身為英國皇家海軍飛行員的低空飛越，是他第一次飛進啟德機場。

But how did he find out that he was to be the captain of that last flight?

但他是怎麼知道他將要擔任最後一班飛機的機長的呢？

Well, we had a system whereby we could request certain flights and I thought it'd be nice to request that flight, Cathay 251.

嗯，我們有一個系統，可以讓我們申請特定的班機，我當時覺得申請國泰航空 251 號班機應該不錯。

Of course I discovered there were several who were after that as well for the prestige.

當然，我發現當時有好幾個人也為了這份榮譽而爭取。

They'd actually given it to me and this management guy was trying to grab it off me.

他們其實已經把這個任務給我了，結果有個管理層的人想把它搶走。

My manager went to, went to bat for me and it all established itself and I found out who it was at a Cathay reunion and so I just went up and I said I know.

我的經理為我爭取，一切都確定了，後來我在一次國泰的重聚會上知道是誰，我就走上前去，我說我知道。

I said I know you tried to steal that flight of me.

我說我知道你想把那班飛機從我這裡搶走。

Having fought off the competition to pilot the flight on July 5, Kim went for a walk to take in the sights and sounds of Hong Kong.

在擊敗競爭者，爭取到駕駛 7 月 5 日的班機後，金出去散步，欣賞香港的景色和聲音。

Knowing it may be his last time exploring the streets near the airport, he then went to work.

他知道這可能是他最後一次探索機場附近的街道，然後就去上班了。

It was a midnight departure and there was noticeable approaching Kai Tak, how empty it was not surprising, but

午夜起飛，明顯能感覺到啟德機場快到了，機場空蕩蕩的，這並不令人意外，但是

Going to the terminal itself, of course, it was a video about an hour and 15 minutes before scheduled departure to check in.

當然，到了航廈本身，距離預定起飛時間大約一個小時 15 分鐘，是個關於報到的影片。

There was only two or three check in desks working because this was the only flight so it was empty and already there were trolley cars going past with bits and pieces of infrastructure on them and already you could sense that the thing was closing down.

因為這是唯一的班機，所以只有兩三個報到櫃檯在運作，所以人很少，而且已經有推車載著零散的基礎設施經過，你已經能感覺到這裡要關閉了。

So walked through, got briefed through security and then to the airport itself.

所以走進去，通過安全檢查，然後到機場本身。

It was full of press, full of management.

到處都是記者、到處都是管理人員。

It was like walking through a, through a church, I suppose you know, an abandoned empty building which had once been so bustling it just felt cold and empty.

感覺就像走進一座教堂，你知道嗎，一座曾經熙熙攘攘、現在卻空蕩蕩的建築，感覺冷清又空虛。

It was very, very bizarre and all these lorries and things chuntering off to the new airport full of equipment, and

非常、非常奇怪，還有許多卡車和東西呼嘯著載滿設備前往新機場，

that really did drive it home, that this was it, this was the Last 1.

這真的讓人確信，就是這樣了，這是最後一班。

By 1996, Kai Tak was handling around 30 million passengers and 1 1/2 million tonnes of cargo.

到了1996年，啟德機場處理了約3000萬名乘客和150萬噸貨物。

It was the third busiest airport in the world for passengers and first for cargo.

它是全球第三繁忙的機場（就乘客量而言），貨運量則排名第一。

Squeezed between buildings and rugged mountains and surrounded by bustling streets, there was no room for expansion.

機場夾在建築物和崎嶇的山脈之間，周圍是熙熙攘攘的街道，沒有擴張的空間。

So the new airport was built on an island.

Passengers with seats on the very last flights were well aware they were making aviation history.

搭乘最後幾班飛機的乘客，都清楚知道他們正在創造航空史。

We've been here 15 years now, so we've been through this place a number of times.

我們在這裡待了 15 年了，所以我們來過這裡好幾次。

很高興能在最後一天來到這裡。

But always we are excited to see the new airport.

但我們總是很高興能看到新機場。

Kim spent his last moments on the ground at Kai Tak talking to the press.

金在啟德機場的最後地面時光，是和媒體一起度過的。

I think there's myself and the other two guys, and

我想有我自己，還有另外兩位，

we were both being interviewed and I suddenly realized, oh, my Lord, there's a aircraft full of passengers.

我們當時都在接受採訪，我突然意識到，天啊，有一架飛機載滿了乘客。

I said, go on, you better get back onto the aircraft quickly.

我說，快點，你最好趕快回到飛機上。

Overall, you know, I'm still captain of the aircraft, still responsible for the people.

總的來說，你知道，我仍然是飛機的機長，仍然對人們負責。

Kim finished the interviews, climbed the steps to the cockpit and prepared for takeoff.

金結束了採訪，爬上駕駛艙的階梯，準備起飛。

Thousands of people had gathered on the streets to see the last commercial plane out of Kai Tat take off at two minutes past midnight.

成千上萬的人聚集在街上，想看啟德最後一班商業班機在午夜過兩分鐘起飛。

I can remember on the radio when we, when we left, I said, goodbye, Kai Tak, or something like that, and

我還記得在廣播裡，當我們，當我們離開時，我說，再見，啟德，之類的，然後

It's a curious mixture of being professional and doing a demanding job and sentimentality.

這是一種奇特的結合，既有專業精神，又在做一份艱難的工作，同時也帶著感傷。

One of the world's best known airports, Kai Tak in Hong Kong, has closed after more than 60 years.

世界上最知名的機場之一，香港的啟德機場，在營運超過60年後關閉了。

12 and a half hours later, landed in London and went home.

12個半小時後，降落在倫敦，然後回家。

我摘下了我的徽章，再也沒有飛過。

Captain Kim Sharman was speaking to me, Jill Kersley, for that edition of Witness History.

金‧夏曼機長當時正在接受我，吉兒‧克爾斯利的訪問，這是「見證歷史」節目的一集。

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