Hong Kong Airport Reopens Runway Shut After Plane Skids in Rain

May 24, 2017

The Hong Kong International Airport reopened a runway that was closed temporarily after heavy rains caused a China Eastern Airlines Corp. jet to skid off the runway while landing.

Operations on the north runway were restored at 12:40 p.m. local time, the airport said in an emailed statement Wednesday. The disabled aircraft, carrying 141 passengers and crew, was blocking the runway after the incident, city-based carrier Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., said in a statement earlier.

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