What happened to the great British press?
They just love distorting aviation stories.
The so-called quality big names are just as bad as the tacky tabloids.
The Daily Telegraph website is claiming
Capt Ian Wilkinson decided to "buzz" the control tower shortly after take-off and swooped the 230-ton Boeing 777-300 ....... Hurtling through the air .......
The Times online also claims he buzzed the tower.
"Top Gun Stunt"
It was a flyby!!!
The Daily Telegraph also claims
Passengers, including Cathay Pacific's chairman Chris Pratt, were said to be "stunned into silence"
Is that so?
I don't know if this is true but according to another site I've read, Cathay Pacific chairman Chris Pratt is in the middle of the back row in this picture - raising his glass in the Post Flight Champagne Toast!
Apparently Cathay Pacific published the picture in their house magazine before all this crap happened.
Shame on Cathay Pacific.
They admit the flyby wasn't dangerous but the pilot still got fired.
Maybe somebody with a grudge saw an opportunity to settle an old score.