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In accordance with the Hong Kong Civil Aviation (Investigation of Accidents) Regulations, an inspector's investigation is in progress to determine the circumstances and causes relating to the accident involving an Airbus A330-342 aircraft operated by Cathay Pacific Airways with registration mark B-HLL at the Hong Kong International Airport on April 13, 2010.
The investigation is being conducted by a team of investigators from the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department (CAD), the Bureau d'Enquˆ§tes et d'Analyses pour la sˆmcuritˆm de l'aviation civile of France and the Air Accidents Investigation Branch of the United Kingdom. The National Transportation Safety Committee of Indonesia, the National Transport Safety Board of the United States of America, and experts from Airbus, Rolls-Royce and Cathay Pacific Airways are also assisting in the investigation.
The investigation team today (May 6) released a preliminary report on the accident.
A spokesman for the CAD said that the preliminary report contains facts relating to the accident as determined up to the time of issue and must be regarded as tentative.
"The investigation team will continue to collect and study all relevant information in order to determine the circumstances and causes relating to the accident. More in-depth investigation and analysis work has to be done before any conclusion can be drawn," the spokesman said.
"This preliminary report is published at this stage for general information," he added.
The full preliminary report is attached in the annex. It is also available for download at the CAD webpage (www.cad.gov.hk/english/reports.html).
Ends/Thursday, May 6, 2010
Issued at HKT 16:01
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