Two killed as cargo plane skids off Hong Kong runway

The mishap is 1 of the deadliest astatine Hong Kong International Airport since the engaged hub opened successful 1998.

Two radical person been killed arsenic a cargo level skidded disconnected a runway portion landing astatine Hong Kong International Airport.

The mishap aboriginal connected Monday saw the level deed a patrol car which it past swept into the sea, leaving 2 airdrome information workers dead, authorities person said.

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Steven Yiu, enforcement manager of airdrome operations astatine Airport Authority Hong Kong, said the mishap happened erstwhile the Boeing 747 cargo level from Dubai landed astatine the engaged hub soon earlier 4:00am Monday (20:00 GMT Sunday).

On landing, the level had gone disconnected the airport’s northbound runway, crashed done a obstruction and struck the information patrol car, leaving some vehicles successful the oversea h2o that borders the airport, helium said. The patrol car had been connected the different broadside of the obstruction erstwhile the craft struck it.

A 30-year-old antheral successful the patrol car was confirmed dormant astatine the scene. A antheral aged 41 died aft being rushed to hospital, authorities said.

Both were retrieved from the sunken car by divers astir 5 metres (16 feet) from the shore.

Footage from the country showed the half-submerged craft with its process conception breached off, harm beneath the cockpit, and the exigency descent activated.

A cargo level lies partially successful the oversea aft veering disconnected the runway during landing astatine Hong Kong International Airport [Tyrone Siu / Reuters]

Aircraft leased by Emirates

The mishap astatine the world’s busiest cargo airdrome progressive a level leased from and operated by Turkish freight bearer ACT Airlines connected behalf of Emirates, the second said successful a statement.

Emirates said the 4 unit members connected committee the level had been sent to section hospitals for aesculapian treatment.

Yiu said an probe volition purpose to find what caused the craft to permission the tarmac, successful 1 of the astir superior information incidents since the airdrome opened successful 1998.

Officials said the upwind and runway conditions had been harmless for landing astatine the clip of the incident, and the craft did not nonstop an exigency signal.

Hong Kong constabulary said they would not regularisation retired launching a transgression investigation.