Cathay Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Hong Kong (Update1)
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June 13 (Bloomberg) -- A Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. plane
heading for Tokyo made an emergency landing in Hong Kong after
smoke detectors in the cabin were activated 10 minutes into the
flight.
The Airbus SAS A340-300, which was carrying 47 passengers
and 12 crew, returned to the city's Chek Lap Kok airport at
5:30 p.m., 17 minutes after takeoff when a smoke detector lit up
in the cabin crew's rest area, said airline spokeswoman Rosita Ng.
``For the sake of safety, the pilot returned to the
airport,'' Ng said.
No smoke was detected and nobody on board flight CX508 was
injured during the incident, Ng said.
The city's Civil Aviation Department is investigating the
incident, said Tam Siu-man, a spokesman for the Hong Kong Airport
Authority.