Hong Kong: Cargo Plane Crash, Investigation Underway

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Cargo flight met with a fatal accident while landing at Hong Kong Airport. It promptiled an immediate investigation. Authorities confirmed casualties and temporarily suspended airport operations as teams began examining flight data and possible technical faults.

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00:00Two Hong Kong airport security workers died after a Boeing 747 cargo plane skidded off the runway,

00:07hit the patrol car, and pushed it into the sea.

00:10That is according to the city's airport operator on Monday.

00:13The crash happened around 3.50 a.m. local time.

00:17The airport security staff were not breathing when rescued from the water.

00:21One was declared dead at the scene, and the other died later in hospital,

00:25according to Stephen Yu, the airport's executive director of operations.

00:28He added that authorities are investigating the cause, looking at weather, runway conditions, the aircraft, and the crew.

00:36Yu also said flights at Hong Kong's airport have not been affected.

00:40Emirates, the Dubai-based airline, said the crash at the world's busiest cargo airport

00:45involved an ACT Airlines plane operating on its behalf.

00:49There was no cargo on board.

00:51All four crew members of the plane escaped safely.

00:54This was Hong Kong's deadliest airport accident since a 1999 China Airlines crash that killed three people.

01:01Boeing did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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