Airbus makes emergency landing
From correspondents in Hong Kong
June 13, 2003
Airbus makes emergency landing From correspondents in Hong Kong A CATHAY Pacific Airways flight bound for Tokyo made an emergency landing at Hong Kong’s international airport today after crew members sighted smoke emerging from the cockpit.
No injuries were reported.
The crew noticed the smoke shortly after takeoff and the Airbus 340 aircraft turned back and landed a half-hour later, said Cathay Pacific spokeswoman Rosita Ng.
The flight, CX508, was carrying 47 passengers. The number of crew members was not immediately available.
The source of the smoke wasn’t immediately known.
By: wysiwyg - 14th June 2003 at 13:42
By using an A346 on LHR-HKG they can now carry 30 tonnes of cargo on each sector pretty well rendering all moneys taken from passengers as pure profit apparantly!
I gather that tech problems on most Airbuses are cured by hitting CTRL-ALT-DEL!
By: monster500 - 14th June 2003 at 09:34
using adobe photoshop 7.
By: steve rowell - 14th June 2003 at 07:45
How do you make your Avatar flash like that?
By: skycruiser - 14th June 2003 at 05:00
lose lots $$ on this flight….
Well, the amount of cargo that can be carried in the belly can make it a profitable flight you know, with only a few pax carried.
By: Chusan - 13th June 2003 at 23:58
There is 12 crews onboard…and with 47 pax with total 59 people.
It was heading to Tokyo.
I got from the Hong Kong Chinese newspaper…(Ming Pao)
wow 47 pax but 12 crew members?? poor CX
lose lots $$ on this flight….
By: greekdude1 - 13th June 2003 at 20:51
47 pax? OUCH!
By: KabirT - 13th June 2003 at 17:08
was this the A346 by any chance doing trials before long-haul operations?
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