Investigations underway into deadly plane incident at Hong Kong airport Two airport security personnel were killed after their vehicle was pushed into the sea by a cargo plane at Hong Kong International Airport in the early hours of Monday.
The two security staff in the car, aged 30 and 41, died from the incident The plane’s body broke in half after it veered into the sea.
The Boeing 747, more than 30 years old, was converted into a freighter from a passenger plane All four crew members aboard the plane were rescued and taken to hospital.
Investigators are now trying to locate the plane’s black boxes from the sea The runway condition was deemed safe for operations at the time of the incident The north runway, where the accident happened, has been closed.
It will only be reopened after a safety assessment Airport operations will not be impacted, however.
The fatal plane incident at Hong Kong airport is still being investigated.
In the early hours of Monday, a cargo plane at Hong Kong International Airport pushed a security guard’s car into the sea, killing the two airport guards.
This is what we are aware of.
Hong Kong International Airport’s north runway saw the arrival of Emirates flight EK9788, operated by Turkish cargo airline Air ACT, at approximately 03:50 local time (19:50 GMT).
A patrol car was pushed into the sea after it struck it outside the runway after crashing through the airport fence. Ages 30 and 41, the two security personnel in the vehicle perished in the collision.
The plane went into the sea and its body broke in two. The Boeing 747, which is over 30 years old, was transformed from a passenger aircraft to a freighter.
The plane’s four crew members were all rescued and transported to the hospital. As Emirates told the BBC, they are “safe” and there was no cargo on board.
Emirates added that the aircraft was using a wet lease, which is a contract in which one airline lends another its aircraft, crew, and other services.
According to Hong Kong officials, they had given the plane the right instructions and the weather was fine at the time of the incident. According to officials, the aircraft did not emit any distress signals prior to landing.
Although investigations are still underway, authorities say they haven’t ruled out a criminal investigation.
Since it began operating in 1998, this is only the second fatal incident to occur at Hong Kong Airport, the busiest cargo airport in the world. A China Airlines plane crashed here during a typhoon in 1999, killing three people.
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The cargo plane forced their patrol car into the sea, killing two airport security guards, ages 30 and 41.
When the plane landed, it veered off the runway and struck the patrol car outside the runway, crashing through the trees.
Before being rescued from the sea, the four crew members of the plane broke open the door after it had split in two.
When the plane was landing, it had not sent out any distress signals. Currently, investigators are searching the sea for the plane’s black boxes.
At the time of the incident, the runway was considered safe for use.
The accident site, the north runway, has been closed. Reopening will only occur following a safety evaluation.
But there won’t be any effect on airport operations. Both the south and central runways are still in use.
The airline and airport officials are negotiating the removal of the plane wreckage from the ocean.
Police say they will not rule out looking into this incident through criminal means.
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