{"id":60376,"date":"2025-10-19T18:21:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T22:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=60376"},"modified":"2025-10-19T20:35:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T00:35:18","slug":"cargo-plane-plunges-into-sea-at-hong-kong-airport-1-worker-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/cargo-plane-plunges-into-sea-at-hong-kong-airport-1-worker-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"Cargo plane plunges into sea at Hong Kong airport; 2 killed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A cargo plane arriving from Dubai overshot the runway and plunged into the sea at Hong Kong International Airport, killing two ground workers, according to local media reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The accident occurred at about 3:53 a.m. local time on Monday when Emirates SkyCargo flight EK9788, operated by Turkish carrier Air ACT, veered off the airport\u2019s north runway, according to Flightradar24 and local media reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Boeing 747-400 freighter, which had departed from Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai, struck a ground service vehicle before plunging into the sea. The impact may have also knocked the ground vehicle into the water, according to the South China Morning Post (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/hong-kong\/transport\/article\/3329599\/1-missing-after-emirates-plane-slides-hong-kong-runway-seemingly-hits-ground-vehicle?module=top_story&amp;pgtype=homepage\">SCMP<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two men aboard the vehicle were initially reported missing but have since been confirmed dead, officials said. Four other occupants were rescued and taken to a hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photos from the scene showed most of the plane partially submerged in the water with its tail section missing. The cause of the accident has not yet been determined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A cargo plane arriving from Dubai overshot the runway and plunged into the sea at Hong Kong International Airport, killing two ground workers, according to local media reports. 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