India, Oct. 20 -- Two people were reportedly killed after a cargo plane skidded off the runway at Hong Kong International Airport and ended up in the sea on Monday. The Boeing 747 aircraft, operating under Emirates flight EK9788, was flying from Dubai and slid off the runway at around 3:50 am.

In a statement, the airport said that four crew members of the plane were rescued. However, two people who were in a ground vehicle near the runway have died, the South China Morning Post reported, citing police.

Visuals from the incident showed the plane partly in the water near the airport's sea wall. The aircraft's front section and cockpit were visible above the surface, but the tail section seemed to have broken off. Footage from the local me...