A cargo aircraft, on a moist lease to Emirates from Turkey’s ACT Airways, skidded off the runway and killed two individuals in a safety automotive after colliding with it and falling into the ocean.
It was solely the second deadly accident at Hong Kong Worldwide Airport because it was Kai Tak to Chek Lap Kok in July 1998. The one different lethal accident was in August 1999, when a China Airways passenger flight crash-landed throughout a hurricane, killing three individuals.
In response to a BBC report, Hong Kong police stated a felony investigation into the accident isn’t dominated out, whereas a Hong Kong Air Accident Investigation Authority (AAIA) official stated they have been nonetheless making an attempt to find the flight knowledge recorder and cockpit voice recorder from the accident web site.
An Emirates spokesperson confirmed to the BBC that the aircraft sustained injury on touchdown in Hong Kong, and added that the “crew are confirmed to be protected and there was no cargo onboard”.
The Boeing 747-481 cargo plane, 32 years previous as per Flightradar24 knowledge, was moist leased by Emirates. Below a moist lease settlement, the proprietor provides the plane in addition to a minimum of one crew member. The proprietor assumes operational duty, which incorporates performing upkeep, procuring insurance coverage, and different authorized duties of operations.
Flying as EK9788, the aircraft had taken off from Dubai’s Al Maktoum Worldwide Airport at Dubai World Central and was touchdown at HKIA round 3:50am.
Steven Yiu, the airport authority’s govt director in airport operations, stated the captains didn’t search assist earlier than touchdown and had taxied about midway down the runway earlier than skidding off.
When rescue crews arrived, the aircraft was damaged into two elements, floating within the sea, and the 4 crew members have been ready to be rescued at its open door. That they had not sustained any main accidents.
The aircraft turned away from the runway, crashed by the fencing and collided with the car, pushing it into the ocean, Yiu stated, insisting that the safety patrol automotive “undoubtedly didn’t run out onto the runway”.
The affected runway was closed for the day following the accident, however the airport’s different two runways are nonetheless in operation.
