HONG KONG – Eleven individuals have been injured on Cathay Pacific’s flight CX880 at Hong Kong’s worldwide airport early on Saturday after the service aborted takeoff because of a technical subject, Cathay stated in an announcement.
The flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles was carrying 17 crew and 293 passengers. It carried out “an aborted takeoff in accordance with standard procedures after a technical issue was detected by the crew.”
The accidents occurred throughout a precautionary evacuation again on the gate, when passengers exited the plane utilizing 5 door escape slides, Cathay stated.
“Nine of the eleven passengers who received treatment at hospitals have been discharged,” it stated. “Our colleagues will continue to provide support to the two hospitalized passengers and their families.”
Cathay stated it sincerely apologized for the disruption to clients.
One of the airplane’s tires overheated inflicting it to burst, public broadcaster RTHK reported, citing police. —Reuters
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