Funny how many are eager to point out the gender and race of the drivers, but not the weather conditions...
They were s#!t, and it was raining frogs and snakes when they landed.
Landing 1045Z:
WMKP 161100Z 31007G17KT 4000 -TSRA FEW008 FEW017CB SCT023 OVC250 23/21 Q1006 TEMPO 5000 -TSRA
WMKP 161030Z 21006KT 5000 HZ FEW010 BKN140 BKN270 28/24 Q1006 TEMPO 5000 RA
Oh, and CX made the news again:
Incident: Cathay A343 at Auckland on Sep 19th 2015, rejected takeoff twice due to engine problem
Can't be good for publicity.