HONG KONG: The Hong Kong airport runway involved in a deadly plane crash has restarted operations, authorities said Tuesday, just over a week after two men were killed in the city’s deadliest air incident since 1998.
On October 20 a Boeing cargo plane veered off the airport’s northernmost runway during landing, then hit a security patrol car and skidded into the sea.
The salvage operation was completed on Monday night and the involved runway has reopened, Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee said Tuesday, adding that the airport was running as usual.
More than 20 flights have used the runway since 7:00 a.m. Tuesday (2300 GMT Monday), according to data from tracking website Flightradar24.
Two airport security staff were killed in last week’s incident, with authorities saying they had been in a safe position “outside the runway area.”
