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Plane & vehicle collide at HK airport

08 Jul 2008
An Air China passenger aircraft -- flight CA103 -- collided with an engineering vehicle at Hong Kong International Airport (VHHH/HKG) on 8 July 2008. The incident, which occurred at 1153 local time (0353 UTC), damaged the wing of the aircraft, which had just arrived from Tianjin. The apron was temporarily shut down but reopened shortly thereafter. There were no reports of injuries related to the incident, and an investigation is currently underway.