An Emirates Boeing 747 cargo plane skidded off the runway after arriving at Hong Kong International Airport and landed in the sea, according to airport authority.

The main wreckage of a cargo plane that veered off a Hong Kong runway and plunged into the sea has been recovered.

The Boeing 747 flown by Turkey-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 to fall into the sea.

A cargo plane veered off the runway and into the sea at Hong Kong’s airport on Monday, leaving two ground workers dead. Police told HKFP that a male staff member aboard a ground patrol vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene,

Two airport security personnel were killed after their vehicle was pushed into the sea by a cargo plane at Hong Kong International Airport in the early hours of Monday. The Emirates flight EK9788, owned by Turkish cargo airline Air ACT, landed on the north runway at Hong Kong International Airport around 03:50 local time (19:50 GMT)