Hong Kong International Airport has staged a large-scale emergency drill to test its ability to respond to a major aircraft accident, with more than 1,000 personnel and hundreds of volunteers taking part. The annual aircraft crash and rescue exercise was held on the airport’s centre runway in the early hours of Tuesday, starting at 2.15am…
A passenger has died after being ejected from a taxi that collided with a highway maintenance vehicle en route to the Hong Kong airport. Police said they received a report at 9.46am on Wednesday from a cabby who claimed his New Territories taxi had collided with a road-maintenance shadow vehicle while travelling along the North…
Five men and one woman have been injured at the Hong Kong airport after the vehicle they were travelling in swerved to avoid a detached cargo container. Police said they were alerted to the accident on South Runway Road at about 10.30pm on Friday. A special-purpose vehicle was travelling uphill towards the airport apron when…
This story is now being updated in a live blog. Please visit the link for up-to-the-minute developments. Two people were killed after a cargo plane slid off the north runway of Hong Kong International Airport early on Monday morning, apparently striking a ground vehicle and plunging almost entirely into the sea, police have said. At…
Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways called for police to help remove a passenger who was reportedly intoxicated and behaving in an unruly manner, resulting in a flight delay of nearly two hours. The carrier said on Saturday that flight CX255 from Hong Kong to London, scheduled to depart at 11.15pm on September 4,…
Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways called for police to help remove a passenger who was reportedly intoxicated and behaving in an unruly manner, resulting in a flight delay of nearly two hours. The carrier said on Saturday that flight CX255 from Hong Kong to London, scheduled to depart at 11.15pm on September 4,…
A 53-year-old Filipino tourist with a pre-existing medical condition has died after falling into a coma while on a ride at Hong Kong Disneyland, with initial investigations showing no safety issues with the attraction. Hong Kong Disneyland Resort said on Saturday that the guest lost consciousness on the Frozen Ever After attraction at around 10am…
Nine people, including a one-year-old girl, were injured after a taxi and a private car collided near Hong Kong Disneyland on Lantau Island on Saturday. The incident occurred at an intersection on Magic Road at 2.21pm, when the driver of the Kowloon-bound private car attempted to make a right turn at a junction before hitting…
Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority has identified suspected Covid-19 contamination in a batch of flocked swabs used in five public hospitals, with two patients found to have shown false positive results. The authority said on Saturday that a laboratory at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung detected weak positive results for Covid-19 in some of…