國際消息！ 【世界上最無用的機場】終於有首架民航機降落！可喜可賀！（有視頻）

蓬門今始為君開，跑道終有經手人；可喜可賀！（有視頻）

世上最沒用的機場 終於有首架民航機降落

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英國早先在其位於大西洋中的聖赫倫那島(St. Helena)上，花費2.85億英鎊（約16億令吉）天價，興建了一座機場，去年完工後卻因為「無法預測的強風造成起降危險」，隨即無限期關閉，被諷為「世界上最無用的機場」。

當地時間上周三(3日)，終於有來自南非的第一架民航機順利在此降落，使當局大為振奮，希望這座機場能就此正常營運。

聖赫倫那機場(St. Helena Airport)由於興建在島上一處懸崖邊，受地形影響風勢很大，使得飛機起降極為困難。

從現場公布的影片可見，這架來自南非約翰尼斯堡、搭載了60名乘客的民航機，重複降落程序好幾次，才安全降落在跑道上。

這是該機場完工超過一年後飛抵的第一架民航機。

目前聖赫倫那島上居民不到5000人，當年興建機場就是希望能為當地開拓觀光財源，沒想到施工前的評估未盡周延，沒有將因地形造成的強風計算在內，導致機場完工後隨即封存。

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First passenger plane lands at 'useless' St Helena airport

60 passengers flew into British territory St Helena for first time

The first passenger 

plane has touched down at a £250 million UK airport dubbed the 'world's most useless' a year after construction was completed.

The airport is on the island of St Helena, a British territory located in the south Atlantic to the west of Africa.

Sixty passengers flew into the airport for the first time, a decade after construction plans were announced.

Usually, the only way to reach the outpost is on a Royal Mail ship.

The green light for the airport construction was given by the Coalition in 2010, with work getting underway in November 2011.

According to the Independent, it is one of the Government's most expensive investments on a per capita basis, at a cost of more than £60,000 for each person living on the territory.

Holidaymakers normally have to spend five days travelling to the island by ship from South Africa, and the airport plan projected a 30-fold increase in visitors to the island by 2042, giving tourism a healthy boost.

The airport's opening has been delayed because of the difficulty of landing at the airport owing to a "dangerous" approach thanks to a phenomenon called wind shear, in which winds can change speed and direction dramatically and quickly.

According to Stuff.co.nz, the Department for International Development, which funded the project to support tourism and help the territory's 4100 residents become self-sufficient, sought expert help to overcome the airport's wind problems and "provide the best possible air service".

However, it's not yet clear if large airlines like the Boeing 737-800 can land from the north due to the wind shear issue.

This did not stop residents coming out to celepate the first passenger plane landing at the airport.

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