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With the assistance of the Civil Aviation Department, the Airbus A380 this morning (September 3) successfully conducted a demonstration flight and fly-past over Victoria Harbour.
The A380 took off from the Hong Kong International Airport at 7.53am. The flight went over Tsing Ma Bridge before tracking through Victoria Harbour once at 1,300ft and then at 1,000ft. It then made an approach to overfly the south runway at 100 feet before returning to land at 8.53am.
Director-General of Civil Aviation Mr Norman Lo was pleased with the success of the demonstration flight. "The flight will help promote the image of Hong Kong as the Asia's World City and signified Hong Kong as an important aviation hub and a popular tourist destination," Mr Lo said.
The department had worked closely with Airbus two months before the flight to work out the flight path and a department safety officer was also on board this morning to ensure flight safety.
Ends/Monday, September 3, 2007
Issued at HKT 18:12
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