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daily press briefings by the hong kong police. she failed to mention what s happening currently at the hong kong international airport. that s where we have cnn anna coren who has been traveling the travel disruptions, the chaos there. she joins us once again. anna, what s the latest? reporter: well, kristie, we finally got confirmation to say that 2,300 aviation staff here at hong kong international airport are on strike. that is why we are seeing the chaos and the disruptions and the cancellations. just look at the departure board and you can see that there were a bunch of cancellations. obviously they have just refreshed that, but earlier there were dozens of cancellations on that screen. it looks like they have refreshed their schedule, but as you say, kristie, 100 inbound flights cancelled, 100 outbreak flights cancelled and the airport only operating at 50% capacity.
they are giving details we need. veered off runway 13 it was approaching from the northwest, the plane was landing, the runway is about 7,000 feet approximately 45 to 5,000 feet down the runway the aircraft veered to the left. it never made contact with the water. the aircraft was carrying 127 passengers and five crew members. happily there are only minor injuries that have been reported. at this point we believe two passengers have been transported to hospitals, that number may change. the emergency response by the airport and rescue and fire fighting was exem particularry four of our truck responded, port authority aviation staff at the airport had 50 people on the air field. our response was in minutes.