SCMP report
Two Cathay Pacific pilots killed in Porsche crash in Hong Kong
Two Cathay Pacific pilots were killed in the early hours of this morning when the sports car they were driving in careered off the road, crashed into a flyover and burst into flames.
The men were employed by the airline and were both aged 27 according to a police commander at the scene.
The crash, at 4.40am, occurred on Container Port Road South near Hong Kong's Container Terminal, said Inspector Ma Wai-hung, from New Territories South's special investigation team.
He said the men had been trapped in the blazing wreckage, adding that their bodies were already badly burnt when paramedics arrived at the scene.
Detectives said the pair had spent the hours immediately before the crash chatting with three friends nearby. The accident happened as they drove away, police said.
Ma said a 2.5 metre-long tyre mark was found on the road and that detectives would be trying to determine the car's speed and whether the driver braked abruptly.
"The 2.5m mark is relatively short," he said.
A spokeswoman for Cathay said the airline was investigating the incident but that she could not immediately comment.