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Cathay flight makes emergency landing

Plane diverted to Kazakhstan after losing pressure

Simon Parry

Nov 30, 2010

A Cathay Pacific (SEHK: 0293) flight with 326 passengers and crew on board was forced to make an emergency landing in Kazakhstan early yesterday after losing cabin pressure....

The mid-air drama on the Cathay Pacific (SEHK: 0293) Boeing was the airline's second in the space of weeks involving problems with valves on its 747-400 fleet's ventilation system, according to a memo circulated to pilots....


Fonte - South China Morning Post

Cathay plane makes emergency landing in Kazakhstan

AFP - Tuesday, November 30

HONG KONG (AFP) - – A Cathay Pacific flight carrying 306 passengers made an emergency landing in Kazakhstan on Monday after the crew discovered a problem with the cabin pressurisation system, the airline said.

The Hong Kong-bound Boeing 747-400 flight was diverted to the city of Karaganda in the central Asian country about six hours after taking off from Amsterdam, Cathay said in a statement.

"We woke up all of a sudden with the oxygen masks coming down," passenger Henk Stijweg, 64, told Hong Kong's South China Morning Post.

"All the lights came on full. It was a bit of a panicky situation and people were clearly anxious, but there was no shouting or screaming. Everyone stayed very calm in the circumstances," he added.

A mayday signal was sent to Karaganda airport as the plane flew in, but none of the passengers or 20 crew were hurt, the airline added.

Cathay said it was investigating the incident, adding that a replacement plane brought back all of the passengers to Hong Kong on Tuesday.