Emirates SkyCargo Flight 9788

Aircraft The aircraft involved was TC-ACF, a Boeing 747-481BDSF operated by Air ACT for Emirates SkyCargo. The aircraft was first delivered as a passenger plane to All Nippon Airways (ANA) on 13 June 1993 with registration JA8962, and previously bore a Pokémon special livery during its time with ANA. Following its retirement from ANA, the aircraft was converted to a freighter in 2011 and delivered to Air ACT in 2013. It was one of two aircraft operated by Air ACT at the time of the accident. Flight crew The flight crew consisted of 35-year-old Captain Atilla Yilmaz, 44-year-old first officer Candemir Ulker, 35-year-old loadmaster Caner Durgut and 46-year-old aircraft maintenance engineer Muzaffer Tuydu. All of them were Turkish nationals. Ground crew The two airport security staff killed in the collision were a 41-year-old man and a 30-year-old man. ==Accident==

The aircraft departed Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai on 19 October 2025 at about 16:59 local time (12:59 UTC). Takeoff and cruise went uneventfully. On 20 October, at about 03:53 HKT (19 October, 19:53 UTC), the aircraft landed at Hong Kong International Airport on runway 07L. The thrust reverser for engine four was inoperative. Upon landing, thrust reversers for engines one, two and three were activated and the aircraft had decelerated to about when the number four engine spooled to 95% forward thrust, and the aircraft veered off the left side of the runway about past the threshold. The Hong Kong Fire Services Department had received notification of the incident at 03:55 HKT and began the rescue operation two minutes later. Emirates confirmed the aircraft was not carrying any cargo. The ground vehicle was also dragged five metres from shore and trapped seven metres under water. The aircraft did not send an emergency signal and did not respond to air traffic control. According to Flightradar24 data, the aircraft hit the water at about . At the time of the crash, the wind speed was with gusts of up to . At least one of the aircraft's evacuation slides deployed successfully. The ground crew killed were a 41-year-old driver of the vehicle, and a 30-year-old passenger. The affected runway was closed, but the two other runways remained in operation. ==Investigation==

Hong Kong's Civil Aviation Department said in a statement it was following up with the airline and other parties involved in the crash. The National Transportation Safety Board said in a Twitter post that they were sending a team of five investigators to assist in the investigation. Turkey's Transport Safety Investigation Center and experts from Boeing were also part of the investigation. The city's Air Accident Investigation Authority said it would release a preliminary report within one month. All flight recorders were recovered. == See also ==