Hong Kong International Airport has closed a runway as a multi-day salvage operation begins to lift a crashed aircraft from the water, Airport Authority officials said. Two salvage vessels with an 80-member crew will carry out the recovery, an operation expected to last "a few days."
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Runway closure is required to support a coordinated marine salvage operation using two vessels and an 80-person crew, expected to last several days — an immediate capacity and operational constraint for HKIA that could ripple through regional schedules. See the initial report that the aircraft skidded off the runway into the sea and struck a security vehicle.
Recovery in a salt‑water environment increases the likelihood the airframe will be written off and complicates investigation and insurance processes; similar immersion damage has led to total-loss determinations in past cases. For context, review an example of an aircraft declared a total loss after saltwater immersion.
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South China Morning Post
• Lo Hoi-ying