Kai Tak Airport (Hong Kong)

Fasten your seat belts: The images show just how perilous the Kai Tak flight path and landing was. An aircraft flies through high-rise buildings as it prepares for landing

Spectacular: The small airport became dangerously overcrowded in the 90s. Its beautiful surroundings belie the danger involved in landing a plane here

Washed up: A jumbo-jet crashes into the water when landing at Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong. Planes would sometimes run over the landing and plunge into the sea

Calamity: This aircraft missed the mark on its low-descent by crashing into a TV aerial

Dramatic: A jumbo-jet from Kai Tak Airport takes the notoriously challenging 'Hong Kong' turn which is taken after the aircraft flies over a marker

Risky: 270 people were killed in 12 air accidents at Kai Tak. It served as Hong Kong's main airport until it was shut down by the Government in 1998 for overcrowding and its poor safety records

U-turn: A Cathay Pacific from Kai Tak Airport aborts its landing in Hong Kong due to stormy weather. Pilots were aware of the difficulty of the landing and the conditions required to do it successfully

Tight squeeze: This remarkable image shows the moment a Cathay Pacific aircraft from Kai Tak Airport flies through the city's buildings that are densely-populated

Scrapped: The airport is now the new Kai Tak Cruise Terminal, for cruise liners. It is 15 years since the dangerous site was used as an airport

Built-up: A Cathay 747 700 from Kai Tak Airport gets ready to fly from the infamously perilous runway that juts out into the sinking harbour

Unsafe: A low-flying jet dives over the heads of stunned onlookers

Document: The breathtaking images show the range of landings that took place on the treacherous runway