Runway placed on standby


Crash site: Emergency personnel working near a cargo plane lying partially in the sea after veering off the runway during landing at Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong. — Reuters

The country prepared to reopen the runway where a cargo aircraft crashed and plunged into the sea, but said it would remain out of regular use until wreckage from the accident was fully cleared from the water.

The Boeing 747 flown by Turkiye-based ACT Airlines flight from Dubai skidded off to the left after landing in the early hours of Monday and collided with a patrol car, causing both the aircraft and the car to plunge into the sea.

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