Originally Posted by grimmrad
One Cathay Pacific flight that originated in Hong Kong and was diverted to Toronto before landing in New York sat for more than 10 hours at the tarmac.
I was stuck on a CX flight at the gate in Hong Kong for 7 hours in 1999, for a 1.5 hours flight to Taipei. Seems standard practice for CX. On the other hand, this happened just days before China Airlines flight 642 crashed in bad weather, so I am glad they didn't push it.