QUEEN OF THE SKIES - Boeing 747 of Cathay Pacific flying low over Mumbai!
587 views · Published 6 November 2017 · 1:04 · Indexed 4 November 2026
Channel: Rishad Ghiara · 2017 · Autos & Vehicles
At Mumbai Airport, they usually use the main runway 09/27 in the west direction, as runway 27. Planes usually land from over the land and take off over the sea. However in the winter months sometimes, due to change in wind directions, they reverse the direction of the runway and use it eastwards - as runway 09. So planes land from the sea and take off over the land. This was happening for the past 2 weeks now and I was just waiting for a chance to go to my friend's house at Santacruz to take videos of the final approaches of flights to Mumbai. However due to my work, I did not get a chance till last Saturday. Finally I went and got to spend a couple of hours there. I took videos of some domestic and some international flights as well. But the biggest plane I saw in those 2 hours on Saturday morning was this beautiful Cathay Pacific Cargo Boeing 747-400F operating as flight CX 61 from Hong Kong to Mumbai. Watch as this beautiful aircraft glides in from over the sea, passes low over the houses and buildings of Santacruz and finally disappears behind them as it is just seconds from touchdown on runway 09. The Boeing 747 (also known as the Jumbo Jet) is really one of the most beautiful aircraft in the world, and is the most frequent aircraft used in movies and all as well. It is rightly known sometimes as the Queen of the Skies. In addition to this, I have videos of the new Singapore Airlines Airbus A350, British Airways and Jet Airways Boeing 777 from London, as well as Air India, Indigo, Jet Airways, Go Air and Spice Jet domestic flights. I will upload them shortly as and when I get time. Date of video: 4th November, 2017 Other photos from this same spot on my friend's terrace can be see by clicking on the links below - but those were when the planes were taking off on this side... 1. Twelve Hours of Non-Stop Plane Spotting!!! Whole Night - International Departures and more!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA9LouVopAo&t=126s 2. 10 in 1 : Photo Slideshow of 10 aeroplanes taking off from Mumbai... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN3tNciK-L8
