A 20-year-old male passenger on a Cathay Pacific flight from Boston to Hong Kong was arrested by police after allegedly attempting to open an aircraft door mid-flight on Thursday morning.
The incident occurred around 15 minutes before the aircraft landed at Hong Kong International Airport at 4.45am on Thursday, local media outlet HK01 reported.
According to Flightradar24, flight CX811 touched down at almost 5am.
“Our cabin crew immediately attended to the situation, inspected the door to ensure it was securely closed, and reported the incident to the relevant authorities and the police,” the airline said in a statement. “No crew members or passengers were injured.”
The mainland Chinese passport holder was arrested shortly afterwards on suspicion of violating the Aviation Security Ordinance, a police spokesperson said. The case is currently under investigation.
In September, an aircraft’s emergency slide was deployed soon after a Hong Kong Airlines flight landed in Osaka, according to Sing Tao newspaper.
It was suspected that a passenger may have accidentally triggered it after pressing the emergency door handle.
