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Hong Kong Airport Worker Dies in Rare Accident Involving Aircraft

A 34-year-old Jordanian national was killed after falling from a tow truck and being hit by a plane he was working with at Hong Kong airport.

  • A Hong Kong airport ground worker was killed in a rare incident when he was hit by a towed aircraft.
  • The victim, a 34-year-old Jordanian national, fell out of the tow truck he was riding in and was hit by the plane being pulled behind it.
  • He was pronounced dead at the scene with multiple serious injuries.
  • The vehicle's 60-year-old driver has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving causing death.
  • Hong Kong's airport authority suspects the seat belt was left unfastened while the staff was working on the vehicle.
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