Overview
- The salvage operation finished Monday night with the ACT Airlines Boeing 747 recovered from waters off the North Runway.
- More than 20 flights used the reopened runway by Tuesday morning, and airport operations are described as normal.
- The flight data and cockpit voice recorders were retrieved Friday and sent for laboratory examination.
- The probe includes Hong Kong authorities with participation from the U.S. NTSB, Turkey’s investigation center, and Boeing, reviewing crew qualifications, flight operations, and maintenance records.
- Two airport security workers were killed when the freighter struck a patrol car during landing, while the four crew members were uninjured.