JAKARTA - The northern runway of Hong Kong International Airport where the ACT Airlines cargo plane crashed was closed on Monday, October 20 afternoon. Meanwhile, the other two runways at the airport are still operating.

Citing AFP, the airport authority's executive director for the Hong Kong International Airport operations, Steven Yiu, said Hong Kong Airport flight operations on two runways remained normal.

Hong Kong Air Accident Investigation Authority said the case had been classified as an accident.

The cargo plane Boeing 747 flown by ACT Airlines based in Turkey based on leases from Emirates slipped into a security patrol car at Hong Kong Airport on Monday, October 20, at 03.50 in the morning local time.

The plane then dragged the car into the sea killing two airport security workers, while the other two survived.

Meanwhile, the acting assistant to the senior ambulance chief of the local fire department, Tong Sze-ho, said the four crew members were in stable condition not injured after being rescued.


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