Readers will recall that there was a minor accident at the Sek Kong airstrip over the weekend. A small Cessna was landing and the nose-wheel collapsed. The plane flipped over onto its back. Two of the four people on board were slightly injured. It seems they were lucky. No doubt everyone was wearing a seat belt.
This was a harmless little number providing some decent photo opportunities. Buried in the Standard’s version of it were some mind-boggling statistics: “The Fire Services Department deployed 25 trucks, seven ambulances and 150 officers to the scene.”
Really? 150 officers? What were they thinking? I realise the department needs to be quick off the mark, better safe than sorry and all that, but surely this was a bit over the top. A Cessna training plane like this is the size of a small car. It is not a Jumbo jet. I suppose a good time was had by all but you have to wonder what would have happened if there had been a real emergency elsewhere in the New Territories while this was going on.
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