Two ground crew workers were killed after a cargo plane went off the runway and fell into the sea at Hong Kong International Airport early on Monday morning.
The BBC said that the Emirates flight EK9788, which was coming in from Dubai, went off course at approximately 3:50 a.m. local time (7:50 p.m. GMT) and then struck an airport patrol car that was parked close to the runway.
The BBC said that the Emirates flight EK9788, which was coming in from Dubai, went off course at approximately 3:50 a.m. local time (7:50 p.m. GMT) and then struck an airport patrol car that was parked close to the runway.
The two individuals in the patrol car, who were both part of the ground operations team, perished instantaneously, according to airport authorities. The Boeing 747 cargo plane's four crew members escaped the disaster.
Since then, authorities have begun a thorough inquiry into what went wrong, calling it one of the deadliest aviation catastrophes to hit Hong Kong in recent memory.
Since then, authorities have begun a thorough inquiry into what went wrong, calling it one of the deadliest aviation catastrophes to hit Hong Kong in recent memory.
The patrol car was on a service road "at a safe distance from the runway," according to airport operations director Steven Yiu, when the plane abruptly veered off its landing course, crashed through the fencing, and collided with the car, sending it into the ocean.
Yiu said reporters, "A plane is not supposed to turn towards the sea normally." "There is no doubt that the patrol car did not enter the runway."
The bodies of the two ground crew members, who were both experienced workers with seven and twelve years of service, respectively, were later retrieved by divers when rescue crews arrived in a matter of minutes.
Yiu said reporters, "A plane is not supposed to turn towards the sea normally." "There is no doubt that the patrol car did not enter the runway."
The bodies of the two ground crew members, who were both experienced workers with seven and twelve years of service, respectively, were later retrieved by divers when rescue crews arrived in a matter of minutes.
The plane was shattered in two, and part of its fuselage was submerged in the water, according to photos taken at the scene. The crew was able to evacuate before firefighters arrived to rescue them because to the successful deployment of one of its emergency evacuation slides.
Emirates acknowledged in a statement that the aircraft "sustained damage on landing," but said that all crew members were unharmed and that "there was no cargo onboard."
The Turkish airline ACT Airlines was operating the aircraft under a wet lease, which meant that its crew was flying it under Emirates' name.
Emirates acknowledged in a statement that the aircraft "sustained damage on landing," but said that all crew members were unharmed and that "there was no cargo onboard."
The Turkish airline ACT Airlines was operating the aircraft under a wet lease, which meant that its crew was flying it under Emirates' name.
The plane was shattered in two, and part of its fuselage was submerged in the water, according to photos taken at the scene. The crew was able to evacuate before firefighters arrived to rescue them because to the successful deployment of one of its emergency evacuation slides.
Emirates acknowledged in a statement that the aircraft "sustained damage on landing," but said that all crew members were unharmed and that "there was no cargo onboard."
The Turkish airline ACT Airlines was operating the aircraft under a wet lease, which meant that its crew was flying it under Emirates' name.
Emirates acknowledged in a statement that the aircraft "sustained damage on landing," but said that all crew members were unharmed and that "there was no cargo onboard."
The Turkish airline ACT Airlines was operating the aircraft under a wet lease, which meant that its crew was flying it under Emirates' name.
The Transport Bureau of Hong Kong offered its sympathies to the families of the dead and expressed grief over the loss.
The flight data and cockpit voice recorders, known as the "black boxes," of the aircraft are thought to have sunk in the sea close to the crash site, and the Hong Kong Air Accident Investigation Authority (AAIA) has started looking for them.
Due to the closure of one of the airport's runways for investigation, at least eleven cargo flights were canceled on Monday.
Only two fatal aviation accidents have occurred since Hong Kong's airport moved from Kai Tak to Chek Lap Kok in 1998. Three persons were killed in 1999 when a passenger plane operated by China Airlines crashed and landed during a typhoon.
Watch the video below.
The flight data and cockpit voice recorders, known as the "black boxes," of the aircraft are thought to have sunk in the sea close to the crash site, and the Hong Kong Air Accident Investigation Authority (AAIA) has started looking for them.
Due to the closure of one of the airport's runways for investigation, at least eleven cargo flights were canceled on Monday.
Only two fatal aviation accidents have occurred since Hong Kong's airport moved from Kai Tak to Chek Lap Kok in 1998. Three persons were killed in 1999 when a passenger plane operated by China Airlines crashed and landed during a typhoon.
Watch the video below.
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