Cargo aircraft skids off Hong Kong runway, collides with security patrol car, killing 2, AP explains

Описание: (20 Oct 2025)
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Hong Kong - 20 October 2025
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1. SOUNDBITE (English) Chan Ho-him, Associated Press China Business Reporter:
"A cargo aircraft flying from Dubai to Hong Kong skidded off the runway and veered off into the sea on Monday. It has collided with a ground vehicle when landing at Hong Kong's airport, killing two people in the vehicle. The incident is one of the most serious in recent history at Hong Kong International Airport, one of Asia's busiest. The Boeing 747 cargo aircraft was flown by an Istanbul-based air carrier on behalf of Emirates."
2. Various of partially destroyed cargo plane lying in the ocean near Hong Kong International Airport runway
3. Close of damaged fences on runway and tail of plane
4. Close of plane’s escape slide and open emergency door
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Chan Ho-him, Associated Press China Business Reporter:
"The four crew members on the aircraft were safe, Emirates said. The plane landed in Hong Kong at around 3:50 a.m. early Monday. Weather conditions were suitable for flight operations at the time when the plane landed, according to Hong Kong's Airport Authority. Officials are investigating the cause of the incident and looking into factors such as operation and maintenance."
6. Plane in water
7. Police patrolling in ocean around plane


STORYLINE:
A cargo aircraft skidded off a Hong Kong runway and collided with a security patrol car before both fell into the sea early Monday, killing the two people in the car, authorities said.

The plane's four crew members were unhurt.

The Boeing 747, flown by Turkey-based ACT Airlines, was landing at Hong Kong International Airport around 3:50 a.m. on arrival from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

The aircraft was being operated under lease by Emirates, a long-haul carrier based in Dubai.

The pilots did not seek help before landing and had taxied about halfway down the runway before skidding off to the left, Steven Yiu, the airport authority’s executive director in airport operations, told a news conference.

“The patrol car absolutely did not rush onto the runway. It was the plane that went off the runway and crashed into the patrol car outside the fence,” he said.

When rescue crews arrived, the plane was broken into two parts, floating in the sea, and the four crew members were waiting to be rescued at its open door, said Yiu Men-yeung, a fire services official.

Rescuers dove into the sea and found the two security workers trapped in the car after a 40-minute search, Yiu Men-yeung said.

AP footage showed the aircraft partially submerged just off the edge of the airport’s sea wall. Its front half and cockpit were visible above water but the tail end appearing to have broken off. Two boats, possibly with search and rescue personnel, were near the aircraft.

The crash occurred on the north runway of Hong Kong’s airport, one of Asia’s busiest. That runway remained closed, while the two others continued to operate. Steven Yiu said flights would be unaffected.

Weather was suitable at the time the plane landed and the cause of the crash was being investigated, he said.

The Air Accident Investigation Authority classified the case as an accident, with the investigation looking into multiple factors, including the flight’s system, operation and maintenance. The cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder were being sought.



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