Wheels-up for today's first Wuhan evacuee flight

Today's first charter flight from Wuhan carrying Hong Kong passengers has completed boarding early and the flight as departed.

The Cathay Dragon flight is expected to arrive in Hong Kong at 4:30pm, about 40 minutes earlier than originally scheduled, the Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, Patrick Nip Tak-kuen, says on social media.

One group was seen arriving at the Wuhan airport in a bus bearing the words, 'Hubei Travel Passenger.' 

The two flights today from Hubei are estimated  to land  at Hong Kong International Airport at 4:30pm and 8:40pm respectively, the government said.