escue staff strategy a cargo plane that skidded off a Hong Kong runway on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025.
Chan Lengthy Hei | AP
Two Hong Kong airport safety employees have been killed early on Monday after a cargo aircraft from Dubai skidded off the runway on touchdown, collided with their safety patrol automobile and pushed it into the ocean, the town’s airport operator mentioned.
The Boeing 747 concerned within the deadliest airport incident within the monetary hub in additional than 25 years additionally fell into the water and was partially submerged, however all 4 crew members on board escaped.
The airport safety employees weren’t respiratory when rescued from the water, with one confirmed lifeless on the scene and one other later at hospital, mentioned Steven Yiu, govt director of airport operations at Airport Authority Hong Kong.
Authorities nonetheless investigating reason behind crash
The accident on the world’s busiest cargo airport concerned a aircraft operated by Turkish freight service ACT Airways on behalf of Emirates, the Dubai-based airline mentioned in a press release.
Authorities are nonetheless investigating the precise reason behind the crash, with climate, runway circumstances, the plane and aircrew a part of the investigation, Yiu mentioned.
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