Hong Kong: A cargo plane working for Emirates Airways skidded off a runway into the ocean whereas touchdown at Hong Kong Worldwide Airport on Monday, killing two airport safety workers on the bottom.
The accident occurred about 3.50am Hong Kong time (6.50am AEDT) throughout difficult climate situations. The 4 crew members of the Boeing 747 plane, which had taken off in Dubai, had been rescued and brought to hospital, in response to an Airport Authority Hong Kong assertion.
Airport operations govt director Steven Yiu mentioned the aircraft was touchdown on Hong Kong’s northern runway when it veered off and “crashed by way of the fencing”.
A view of the cargo Boeing 747-400 that left the runway whereas touchdown in Hong Kong.Credit score: AP
“Sadly, an airport safety patrol automotive was there at the moment,” he advised a press convention. “The plane collided with the patrol automotive and pushed the automotive into the ocean.”
The patrol automobile was outdoors the airport perimeter fence when it was hit, Yiu mentioned.
Photographs confirmed the partially submerged plane with its rear part of fuselage, together with the tail fin, lacking.
The plane despatched no misery sign, and climate and runway situations had been deemed secure, Yiu mentioned.
The northern runway on the airport – one of many busiest in Asia – was quickly closed pending a security inspection, Yiu mentioned. The opposite two runways had been working usually.
