"I've seen better, John," I said, grossly understating the severity of the current weather at Hong Kong. We were 60nm (110km) north, coming in from Dubai in a 'stretch' and re-fanned Douglas DC-8-73F. John was the captain and I was first officer. We hadn't been able to fly with each other much recently, but were good friends and enjoyed each other's company. I had Just switched the no 2 radio off the ATIS (automatic terminal information service) frequency, which was endlessly repeating the hour's recorded report of conditions at the field. 'Four hundred overcast and a mile' is a piece of cake at most places-but Kai Tak Airport was not most places.
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