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“A cargo level veered disconnected a runway connected Monday (October 20, 2025) during landing successful Hong Kong, deed a information patrol car and past skidded into the sea, leaving 2 men successful the conveyance dead,” authorities said.
Officials said an probe would purpose to find what caused the Boeing craft to permission the tarmac astatine Hong Kong International Airport, the world's busiest for cargo past year, according to an manufacture ranking.
The plane's damaged fuselage was near partially submerged successful the seawater that borders the airport, with its exigency evacuation slides extended, pursuing 1 of the astir superior incidents since the airdrome began operations successful 1998.
Steven Yiu, enforcement manager of airdrome operations astatine Airport Authority Hong Kong, said the cargo level from Dubai "went disconnected from the northbound runway upon landing and crashed done the obstruction and into the sea" astatine astir 4 a.m. (20.00 GMT Sunday (October 19, 2025).
Mr. Yiu said the patrol car was not connected the runway astatine the clip of the accident, and that "it was the craft that veered disconnected the runway to deed the patrol car, which was extracurricular the fence" and pushed it into the water.
A 30-year-old antheral aboard the crushed conveyance was confirmed dormant astatine the country portion another, aged 41, died aft being rushed to hospital. Both men were retrieved from the sunken car by divers astir 5 metres (16 ft) from the shore.
Emirates airlines said the plane's unit were confirmed to beryllium harmless and determination was nary cargo connected board. Emirates added the progressive level was connected a impermanent short-term, oregon "wet", lease from the Istanbul-headquartered Act Airlines, which operated the aircraft.
Hong Kong's airdrome handled 4.9 cardinal tonnes of cargo successful 2024 and was ranked the world's busiest cargo airdrome by Airports Council International (ACI) World successful April. Monday's (October 20, 2025) incidental happened astatine the airport's northernmost and newest runway, portion of a HK$142 cardinal ($18 billion) enlargement task that was completed past year.
“The cargo plane's visibly cracked fuselage was seen floating connected the h2o with its greenish process conception torn off,” according to an AFP newsman astatine the scene.
Police patrol boats moved astir the wreckage arsenic authorities utilized cranes and tow trucks to hunt for the aircraft's "black box", which contains signaling devices that whitethorn shed airy connected however the incidental occurred. Mr. Yiu said "weather and runway conditions were harmless and conscionable each conditions for runway operation" astatine the clip of the incident.
Officials provided a diagram that showed the level abruptly turning near halfway down the magnitude of the runway. “The craft did not nonstop an exigency awesome and gave nary reply erstwhile radioed by the airport,” officials added.
The airport's northbound runway was temporarily closed connected Monday (October 20, 2025), portion the different 2 runways remained operational. The incidental was not expected to interaction airdrome operations, Mr. Yiu said.
A spokesperson for the Transport and Logistics Bureau expressed heavy interest implicit the incident, adding that the Air Accident Investigation Authority volition "actively analyse the origin of the accident." Police said they would not regularisation retired launching a transgression investigation.
