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More than 1,000 personnel, volunteers stage emergency drill at Hong Kong airport
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More than 1,000 personnel, volunteers stage emergency drill at Hong Kong airport

Hong Kong International Airport has staged a large-scale emergency drill to test its ability to respond to a major aircraft accident, with more than 1,000 personnel and hundreds of volunteers taking part. The annual aircraft crash and rescue exercise was held on the airport’s centre runway in the early hours of Tuesday, starting at 2.15am and concluding around four hours later. It simulated a departing flight forced to abort take-off after smoke was reported from a passenger’s power bank. In ...

British tourist arrested over damaging check-in kiosks at Hong Kong airport released on HK$5,000 bail
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British tourist arrested over damaging check-in kiosks at Hong Kong airport released on HK$5,000 bail

A British tourist charged with criminal damage and drug possession after a viral video showed him damaging check-in kiosks at the Hong Kong International Airport has been released on HK$5,000 bail. Youcef Bennoui, 35, appeared at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts on Wednesday following his arrest on Monday. Earlier this week, viral social media footage showed a […]

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Savvy Hongkongers book 9-day Lunar New Year break for festive trips across Asia

Hongkongers packed the airport and cross-border railway station on Saturday, with many opting to take a nine-day Lunar New Year break to destinations across the rest of Asia, as mainland Chinese visitors entered the city. Travellers, including families with children and elderly relatives, gathered at check-in counters at Hong Kong International Airport in the morning as the city marked Valentine’s Day and prepared to ring in the Year of the Horse. Long queues of hundreds of travellers could be...

Travellers stranded at Hong Kong airport as some 27 Middle East flights disrupted
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Travellers stranded at Hong Kong airport as some 27 Middle East flights disrupted

A joint US-Israeli attack on Iran forced airlines to cancel or delay at least 27 flights from Hong Kong to destinations in the Middle East on Sunday, leaving travellers stranded at the city’s airport. Hundreds of passengers packed Hong Kong International Airport on Sunday morning to inquire about the suspended departures, primarily to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, Doha in Qatar and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Hong Kong flagship carrier Cathay Pacific Airways was among the airlines to...