Aircraft worker, 62, dies after fall from six-meter platform at HAECO

A 62-year-old aircraft maintenance worker died after falling from a six-meter-high platform at the Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company (HAECO) on Monday morning.

Police were alerted at around 8.35am to the incident at the company's facility on South Perimeter Road in Chek Lap Kok.

Officers said the worker, identified by his surname Sin, was carrying out maintenance work on an aircraft atop a mobile platform when he suddenly lost his footing and plunged to the ground.

He suffered severe head injuries and was rendered unconscious on impact.

Paramedics transported him to North Lantau Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead despite resuscitation efforts.

The incident is currently under investigation.

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