Ill-fated GARUDA Lockheed Electra L-188 PK-GLB taxiing at Kai Tak - 1962/3

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 00:41

Took this photo 1962/3-ish.

Suspect the ship in the right background is the P&O/ S.S. Canton which ended it's days around that time being scrapped in Junk Bay.

The Electra L-188 had a poor safety record until modified in 1960.

But they still crashed .... as this one did on the 16th February 1967 with the loss of 22 lives.

Date picture taken

1963

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I've again had the magnifier on the lettering of the small hut behind the plane - could it be Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force ?

Information on the accident is available here.

ss Canton was in Hong Kong waiting to be scrapped in October 1962. See SCMP report

Fire Station.

Looked at another photo. It is a waterworks pumping station. The lettering says:

H.K.W.W.

Kai Tak Pumping Station

1960