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Cause of driverless bus crash at Hong Kong airport must be found: John Lee
City leader says autonomous transport systems are global trend and authorities will work hard to ensure they are safe for use in Hong Kong
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Hong Kong’s leader has pledged to uncover the cause of a crash involving a pair of unmanned buses at the city’s airport, while seeking to reassure residents that authorities will closely supervise companies testing driverless technologies.
Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu also said on Tuesday that autonomous transport systems were becoming a trend globally and that authorities would work hard to ensure they were safe for use in Hong Kong.
On Sunday, a pair of driverless buses used to transport staff collided inside a restricted area of the city’s airport.
Although neither bus had passengers on board at the time and airport operations were unaffected, the Airport Authority suspended part of its driverless bus operation to carry out an inspection.
The Transport and Logistics Bureau also ordered an investigation into the incident.
“They must find the cause of the incident, so they can prevent this from happening again,” Lee said before his weekly meeting with the government’s key decision-making Executive Council.
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