FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous. From ditching in the water to crashing through television aerials the images show the perils pilots faced when having to wing their way through residential tower blocks when attempting to land at the infamous Kai Tak 11,000-foot-long airport. Pictures also show how the tower blocks have boomed in size since the closure of the airport, which previously restricted their height. First built by the British in 1925 by the time it was closed by the Hong Kong government in 1998, it had suffered a shocking 12 air disasters with 270 people killed during this time - yet was handling nearly 30 million passengers per-year by 1996. Teacher Daryl Scott Chapman, 41, originally from Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire and who has lived in Hong Kong since he was 16-years-old took the pictures from 1992 to 1998
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
Full of tired and busy commuters, these underground stations are rarely admired for their architecture or beauty .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for this greedy camel he can't get enough of his morning feed, as he gate crashes his owner's mealtime .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
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A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .