Cape Town awakens.

Clearance to start the engines received.

Pushback complete.

The last glance at the terminal.

Entering the runway 19.

Springbook 262 you are cleared for takeoff.

Quite a difference in height from the ground of the front and the middle section of the fuselage during rotation of the -600.

Gear up.

Heading north.

Overflying Cape Town.

The Namibian Desert below.

Turning towards the Kongo river.

Overflying Gabon.

The river Benue in Nigeria.

FMC still can’t compute higher altitude.

Dunes over Sahara.

Entering the Algerian airspace.

The Atlas mountains. Approaching the Mediterranean.

Leaving the African continent.

The Corsican coast.

Overflying Genova.

Milano and Linate Airport below us.

In the Swiss airspace approaching Lugano.

Zürich and the Kloten airport.

Programming STAR procedure.

Descending towards 7000 ft.

Intercepting the localizer.

Gear down. Flaps 3. Spoilers armed. Lights on.

Following the shadow.

Over the EDDF runway 18.

Behind the localizer.

Touchdown.

Rollout.

Spotting.

Holding to cross the runway.

Taxiing next to Terminal 1.

Towards Terminal 2.

Gates ahead.

Engines off.