Ill-fated GARUDA Lockheed Electra L-188 PK-GLB taxiing at Kai Tak - 1962/3 | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

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

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

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 (may be approximate): 
Tuesday, January 1, 1963
Gallery: 
1960s Hong Kong
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Submitted by harryhktc on Thu, 2014-08-21 18:53.

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

Submitted by gweilo8888 on Sat, 2014-08-23 08:59.

Information on the accident is available here.

Submitted by Peter_Lee on Mon, 2019-07-01 13:56.
ss Canton was in Hong Kong waiting to be scrapped in October 1962. See SCMP report

Submitted by mike on Mon, 2019-07-01 21:15.

Fire Station.

Submitted by moddsey on Sat, 2019-09-14 09:30.

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

H.K.W.W.

Kai Tak Pumping Station

1960