- Photos taken after the accident showed a Boeing 747 cargo aircraft
- The flight, arriving from Dubai, landed at about 3.50 am local time
- The airport later added that flights would be unaffected on Monday
A cargo plane has skidded off the runway into the sea while landing at Hong Kong International Airport, the city’s airport operator said on Monday, with two people reportedly confirmed dead.
Eko Hot Blog gathered that photos taken after the accident showed a Boeing 747 cargo aircraft with AirACT livery partially submerged in water near the airport’s sea wall with an escape slide deployed and the nose and tail sections separated.
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The flight, arriving from Dubai, landed at about 3.50 am local time. The airport confirmed the aircraft was carrying an Emirates flight number, EK9788.
Emirates said in a statement that the aircraft sustained damage on landing and was a Boeing 747 cargo aircraft wet-leased from and operated by ACT Airlines, a Turkish carrier. Emirates also confirmed that the Crew are confirmed to be safe and there was no cargo onboard.”
The four crew members on board were rescued, the international airport said in a statement. One ground staff member was rescued as well, while another was missing.
The South China Morning Post later reported the deaths of two men aboard the ground vehicle, citing police. The northern runway at the airport was closed after the incident, although the airport later added that flights would be unaffected on Monday as the south and central runways continued to operate.
Hong Kong’s Civil Aviation Department confirmed the aircraft had “deviated from the north runway after landing and ditched into the sea.”
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