A 62-year-old worker dies after falling from a platform while repairing an aircraft at Hong Kong International Airport in Chek Lap Kok. According to police, officers receive a report in the morning on Monday from the Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company (HAECO), the site operator. Initial information indicates the worker falls accidentally from a work platform about six metres (around 20 feet) high while carrying out maintenance work on an aeroplane. After the fall, the worker is reported injured, and he later dies from the incident. Authorities launch an investigation into the circumstances of the fatal accident. Police say the case is under preliminary review and that further inquiries are ongoing to determine what led to the fall and whether safety procedures and conditions at the worksite were followed. The incident highlights an aviation maintenance workplace fatality at the airport, where aircraft engineering activities are carried out by HAECO.
62-year-old maintenance worker dies after falling from platform at Hong Kong airport
A 62-year-old worker dies after falling from a platform while repairing an aircraft at Hong Kong International Airport in Chek Lap Kok. According to police, officers receive a report in the morning on...
- A 62-year-old worker dies after a fall from a platform at Hong Kong International Airport.
- Police receive a report from HAECO, the aircraft engineering company operating the worksite.
- The fall involves a work platform about six metres (around 20 feet) high.
- The worker is carrying out aircraft maintenance/repair at the time of the incident.
- Authorities investigate the circumstances of the fatal accident.
Hong Kong authorities are investigating a fatal workplace accident involving a worker who fell from a height at the airport in Chek Lap Kok. Police received a report from the Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company (HAECO) at around 8am on Monday that a worker had fallen from a six-metre platform while carrying out maintenance work […]
4 hours agoA 62-year-old worker has died after falling from a six-metre-high (20-foot) platform while repairing an aeroplane at the Hong Kong International Airport. Police received a report at 8.35am on Monday that a worker had been injured after falling from a height at a worksite operated by the Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company (HAECO). “Preliminary investigations have shown that when the worker was repairing a plane on site, he accidentally fell from a six-metre work platform,” a police spokesman...
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