WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1988
AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT AT KAI TAK
AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT KAI TAK AT 9.19 AM TODAY (WEDNESDAY) INVOLVING A CAAC TRIDENT AIRCRAFT, FLIGHT NUMBER CA 301 FROM GUANGZHOU, WHICH WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 31 FROM THE SOUTHEAST.
IT LEFT THE RUNWAY ON THE EAST SIDE AND CAME TO REST PARTLY KOWLOON BAY AND PARTLY ON THE RUNWAY PROMONTORY.
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A TOTAL OF 89 PASSENGERS AND CREW WERE REPORTED TO BE ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT.
EMERGENCY RESCUE OPERATIONS WERE IMMEDIATELY LAUNCHED BY THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE DESIGNATED CRASH AND RESCUE UNITS, INCLUDING THE ROYAL NAVY, ROYAL AIR FORCE AND ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT AND RESCUE TEAMS.
EIGHTY-THREE PEOPLE WERE LED TO SAFETY FROM THE PARTLY SUBMERGED FUSELAGE. THIRTEEN OF THEM SUFFERED INJURIES AND WERE TAKEN TO QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL. SIX BODIES WERE ALSO RECOVERED.
URGENT ACTION IS BEING TAKEN TO REMOVE THE WRECKAGE AND IT 19 HOPED THAT THE RUNWAY WILL RESUME OPERATION AT ABOUT 4 PM.
AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ACCIDENT HAS COMMENCED AND IT IS BEING CONDUCTED BY INSPECTORS OF THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION DIVISION OF THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HONG KONG CIVIL AVIATION ( (INVESTIGATION OF ACCIDENTS) REGULATIONS.
GOVERNOR SENDS CONDOLENCES TO FAMILIES
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID HE HAD ALREADY SENT HIS CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES OF THE PEOPLE WHO
DIED IN THE AIR CRASH AT HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING.
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HE WAS SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING 13 PEOPLE, WHO WERE INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT, AT QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL.
SIR DAVID, WHO WAS ACCOMPANIED BY LADY WILSON ON HIS VISIT, WISHED THE INJURED TO GET WELL SOON AND PRAISED THE EMERGENCY SERVICES WHICH, HE SAID, PERFORMED EXTREMELY WELL IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ACCIDENT.
HE SAID THE PATIENTS WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT HAD BEEN DONE BY THE HOSPITAL TO LOOK AFER THEM.
THE GOVERNOR
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