A Boeing 744 cargo plane from the United Arab Emirates “left the north runway after landing and crashed into the sea,” the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department said in a statement.
“According to initial reports, the four crew members on board (the plane) were rescued and transported to hospital, while two ground staff members were hit and fell into the sea,” the Department of Civil Aviation added.
One of the men on board the vehicle, aged 30, was pronounced dead at the scene. Another occupant, aged 41, was pronounced dead after being urgently transported to hospital.
According to Man Ka-chai, head of investigation at the Air Accidents Investigation Authority (AAIA), Emirates SkyCargo flight EK9788, operated by Turkish Air ACT Cargo, was authorized to land normally, but did not emit any emergency signal before losing control and crossing the railing into the sea.
The plane, coming from Al Maktoum airport (DWC), touched the north runway (07L/25R) at around 03:50 local time (20:50 on Sunday in Lisbon), where it collided with a patrol vehicle with two workers before crashing.
The Airport Authority’s director of operations, Steven Yiu, assured that the vehicle “was in the authorized patrol zone” and that the weather and runway conditions were “excellent” at the time of the accident.
According to Yiu, the two victims had more than a decade of experience in airport operations.
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