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Authorities are investigating a suspected fuel leak from a cargo aircraft at Hong Kong airport that prompted an emergency response from police and firefighters, the South China Morning Post has learned.
A source said the airport control centre alerted police to a fuel leak from a Boeing 747 cargo aircraft operating flight CV531 at around 8.32am on Thursday, later confirmed to be from the aircraft’s left wing.
“The aircraft was parked outside the Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal at that time,” a second source said.
The aircraft was operated by Luxembourg-based Cargolux Airlines.
The flight was scheduled to depart from Hong Kong on Thursday morning for Heydar Aliyev International Airport, which serves Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku.

In a reply to the SCMP, the Airport Authority confirmed the details of the “fuel spillage incident”.
“At around 9.20am, the incident handling process was completed. Airport operations were not affected,” it said.
Police were dispatched to parking stand X16, where a leak measuring about five metres by 10 metres was discovered under the aircraft, the first source said.
No injuries were reported and no smoke or fire was detected at the scene.
The aircraft remained on site for further inspection, the source said.
The Fire Services Department, which confirmed it was an oil spillage, dispatched four firefighting vehicles to the scene.


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