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At around 4 PM PST on 14 March | At around 4 PM PST on 14 March 1998, Golden Pacific flight 008 took off from Daniel Inouye Airport in Honolulu and started its 4 hour journey from Sydney to the GIA airport. The boeing 767-265ER had 192 souls on board. The plane started its approach to land on runway 9R, however, right before the plane would be able to touch the runway, strong crosswinds pushed the plane slightly to the left and the plane had to go around and try again. Around 8:30 pm PST the plane touched the runway again and started slowing down. | ||
However, due to the heavy winds and slight pilot error resulting from a very long flare (it landed 700 meters past the aiming point), the plane was pushed to the right and hit a taxiway sign causing it to lose a wheel tyre a few seconds after touchdown. Due to this the plane was not able to stop in time and ended up crashing through the fences and right into the busy highway [[I-205]]. The plane hit around 15 cars before the fuel exploded seconds later. | However, due to the heavy winds and slight pilot error resulting from a very long flare (it landed 700 meters past the aiming point), the plane was pushed to the right and hit a taxiway sign causing it to lose a wheel tyre a few seconds after touchdown. Due to this the plane was not able to stop in time and ended up crashing through the fences and right into the busy highway [[I-205]]. The plane hit around 15 cars before the fuel exploded seconds later. | ||