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The main remains of the cargo plane are recovered in Hong Kong waters after a fatal accident

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HONG-KONG– The main remains of a cargo plane that He went off a track in Hong Kong and sunk in the sea, it was recovered from the waters on Sunday, days after the deadly accident.

The Boeing 747, flown by Turkish airline ACT Airlines from Dubai, skidded after landing last Monday and collided with a patrol car, sending both vehicles into the sea. Two workers who were traveling in the vehicle died. The four crew members of the plane were unharmed.

Rescue teams lifted the front part of the fuselage and adjusted its position in the air. Before the rescue operation, experts had carried out underwater sonar and the clue where the accident occurred was temporarily closed.

The plane’s tail and other parts were lifted on Friday, as well as the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder. The devices were sent to a laboratory for preliminary examination, according to a government statement.

Investigators were working to determine the cause of the crash. The aircraft was operated on a lease basis by Emirates, a long-haul airline based in Dubai.

Representatives from the US National Transportation Safety Board and Turkey’s Transportation Safety Research Center, along with Boeing experts, are also part of the investigation. The city’s air accident investigation authority said it would release a preliminary report within a month.

Steven Yiu, executive director of airport operations at the airport authority, previously said that weather and runway conditions met standards during the accident, while mechanical and human factors had not yet been investigated.

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