What we know about the planepublished at 02:44 BST
The plane, a Boeing 747-481 (BDSF), was originally a passenger aircraft that was converted into a freighter.
It’s more than 30 years old, having taken its first flight in 1993, according to aircraft tracking site Airfleets.
Over the years it has been used by different airlines including Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Saudi Arabian Airlines (now known as Saudia), Airfleets data shows.
On Monday, it was being operated as Emirates SkyCargo Flight 9788. It took off from Dubai on Sunday and arrived at Hong Kong International Airport around 03:50 local time (19:50 GMT).
Air ACT has another Boeing 747 in its fleet, according to flight tracking platform Flightradar24.
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