"Steven Yiu, executive director of airport operations at Airport Authority Hong Kong, said the accident happened when the Boeing 747 cargo plane from Dubai landed at the busy hub shortly before 4:00am Monday (20:00 GMT Sunday). On landing, the plane had gone off the airport's north runway, crashed through a fence and struck the security patrol car, leaving both vehicles in the sea water that borders the airport, he said."
"Footage from the scene showed the half-submerged aircraft with its tail section broken off, damage below the cockpit, and the emergency slide activated. The accident at the world's busiest cargo airport involved a plane leased from and operated by Turkish freight carrier ACT Airlines on behalf of Emirates, the latter said in a statement. Emirates said the four crew members on board the plane had been sent to local hospitals for medical treatment."
A Boeing 747 cargo plane from Dubai veered off Hong Kong International Airport's north runway shortly before 04:00 local time and crashed through a fence into the sea. The aircraft struck a security patrol car on the other side of the fence, sweeping both vehicles into the seawater and killing two airport security workers aged 30 and 41; both were retrieved by divers about five metres from shore. Footage showed a half-submerged plane with a broken tail section, cockpit damage, and an activated emergency slide. The flight was operated by ACT Airlines for Emirates; four crew were hospitalized. An investigation will determine the cause; weather and runway conditions were reported safe.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
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