Two people have been killed as a cargo plane skidded off a runway while landing at Hong Kong International Airport.

The accident early on Monday saw the plane hit a patrol car which it then swept into the sea, leaving two airport security workers dead, authorities have said.

Steven Yiu, executive director of airport operations at Airport Authority Hong Kong, said the accident happened when the Boeing 747 cargo plane from Dubai landed at the busy hub shortly before 4:00am Monday (20:00 GMT Sunday).

On landing, the plane had gone off the airport’s north runway, crashed through a fence and struck the security patrol car, leaving both vehicles in the sea water that borders the airport, he said. The patrol car had been on the other side of the fence when the aircraft struck it.

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