US cargo plane narrowly avoids crashing into Hong Kong mountain

A cargo plane that veered off course and narrowly avoiding hitting a Hong Kong mountain by just 204 metres last month had been warned of the danger at least three times within two minutes, a report has shown. The findings, disclosed in a preliminary report of the “serious incident” on Monday, prompted the Civil Aviation Department to launch a formal investigation regarding the Atlas Air flight from America. The US NTSB was also informed by the Hong Kong authority as the Boeing plane was designed, manufactured and registered there. According to the report, the aircraft carrying four flight crew deviated to the right of its planned route at 3.44pm on September 24, soon after it took off from Hong Kong International Airport, and headed east toward the high ground at Lo Fu Tau on Lantau Island. The mountain was less than 10km from the airport. Story has further details of incident.<br/>