{"id":225718,"date":"2025-10-20T00:37:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T00:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/225718\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T00:37:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T00:37:06","slug":"emirates-cargo-plane-skids-off-runway-into-sea-at-hong-kong-international-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/225718\/","title":{"rendered":"Emirates cargo plane skids off runway into sea at Hong Kong International Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">A cargo plane has skidded off a runway at Hong Kong International Airport and landed in the sea, killing two persons, local media have reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">The Emirates flight EK9788, operating as Aerotranscargo, was arriving from Dubai at about 03:50 local time (19:50 GMT) when it hit a vehicle on the north runway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Two airport ground staff fell into the sea, a statement from the Civil Aviation department says. They were rescued but later died in hospital, according to local media including public broadcaster RTHK citing police. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Four crew members onboard the plane survived and were taken to hospital. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">The affected runway is closed, but the airport&#8217;s other two runways are still in operation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">The Airport Authority is set to host a press conference at 10:00 local time (02:00 GMT).<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Hong Kong&#8217;s Government Flying Service has deployed helicopters above the affected runway, while Fire Services Department vessels also took part in the rescue, media reports say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">It is a rare incident for the Hong Kong International Airport, which has had a good safety record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A cargo plane has skidded off a runway at Hong Kong International Airport and landed in the sea,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-225718","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}