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Near Miss Between Two Cargo Planes in Hong Kong

A Silk Way West Airlines Boeing 777-F (VP-BMU) and an MNG Airlines Airbus A330 (TC-MCN) came dangerously close to each other over Hong Kong International Airport during takeoff. How Did the Incident Happen? ❓Both aircraft were cleared by air traffic control (ATC) to take off from runways 07C and 07R, respectively, following standard departure procedures. After takeoff, ATC instructed Silk…