Black box recovered from crashed Turkish cargo plane in Hong Kong
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Key parts , including Black box, tail, and engine, of a Turkish cargo Boeing 747 plane recovered as US investigators prove the crash that killed two.
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The cargo aircraft that skidded off a Hong Kong airport runway is seen on Monday, October 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
The flight data recorder from the Turkish cargo plane that crashed at Hong Kong Airport has been retrieved from the sea, airport authorities confirmed on Friday. The Boeing 747, operated by ACT Airlines, ran off the runway and plunged into the water on October 20.
According to a statement from Hong Kong International Airport, specialists recovered the aircraft's tail section and black box late on October 24. The recovery team also retrieved one of the engines and the plane’s landing gear from the crash site.
The plane crash occurred during landing when the aircraft veered off the runway and collided with a ground vehicle carrying two people, both of whom died. The plane came to a stop almost fully submerged in the sea. All four crew members on board survived without injury.
Airport officials stated that they gave the airliner the correct instructions and that there were signs to guide the plane on the runway.
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Steven Yiu, Hong Kong airport operations executive director, noted to media that the patrol car the plane would later crash into was travelling on a road outside the runway "at a safe distance"
"Normally, the plane is not supposed to turn towards the sea," he said at a news conference following the incident, highlighting that the Turkish plane did not send out a distress signal while it was landing.
Yiu made clear that the patrol car "definitely did not run out onto the runway."
US investigators join crash probe
On Tuesday, the US National Transportation Safety Board announced it had dispatched five investigators to assist local authorities in the ongoing investigation into the deadly incident.
The Turkish cargo plane crash at Hong Kong Airport has prompted a multinational response, as officials work to determine the cause of the accident and assess potential safety failures.
Weather. runway conditions, and the aircraft and crew will be inspected as part of the investigation, according to Yiu.
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