Cathay Pacific Flight Incident Injures 11 in Hong Kong

Cathay Pacific Flight Incident Injures 11 in Hong Kong
A Cathay Pacific jet is seen in front of air traffic control tower at the Hong Kong International Airport on Oct. 24 2020. Tyrone Siu/Reuters
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HONG KONG—Eleven people were injured on Cathay Pacific’s flight CX880 at Hong Kong’s international airport early on Saturday after the carrier aborted takeoff due to a technical issue, Cathay said in a statement.

The flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles was carrying 17 crew and 293 passengers. It performed “an aborted takeoff in accordance with standard procedures after a technical issue was detected by the crew.”