HK controller cleared A330 to take-off while 747-8F crossed runway

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Hong Kong investigators have concluded that an air traffic controller’s temporary loss of situational awareness resulted in a Hong Kong Airlines A330-300 being cleared to take off from a runway that a Cathay Pacific Airways Boeing 747-8F was crossing.

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