MANILA, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- A special plane carrying officials from Hong Kong government departments and family members of those died in the Philippine hostage crisis on Monday arrived in Manila in the early hour of Tuesday.

After a brief rest at a hotel, they rushed to a nearby hospital to bid farewell to their dear ones.

It is reported that the plane will leave here for Hong Kong at around 5 p.m. Tuesday, carrying the bodies of the victims and the wounded in the incident.