Flight Crew Saw North Korean Missile Break Apart, says Airline Executive

A Cathay Pacific passenger plane makes its descent before landing at Hong Kong's international airport on Aug. 16, 2017. The flight crew of a Nov. 28 plane flying near Japan en route to Hong Kong said it observed North Korea’s missile break apart. ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images

A Cathay Pacific flight crew saw the final moments of North Korea’s ballistic missile launch last week, according to the airline.

North Korea launched the missile in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Nov. 28 as a flight by the Hong Kong-based airline crossed the Pacific from San Francisco to Hong Kong.