The Civil Aviation Department told the Post on Wednesday that it began telling aircrew at 7.36am, about 24 minutes after the incident, using an automated information dissemination system to warn pilots of departing and landing flights.The department then gathered information from the Airport Authority and other relevant parties before providing an update at 8.53am and confirming the condition of the closed runway, it added.The Anchorage-bound cargo flight requested permission to make an…
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Hong Kong aviation authorities took 24 minutes to tell planes of emergency runway closure
