Hong Kong police arrest man over trying to open plane door on Cathay flight
Police officers board aircraft after it safely landed at Hong Kong airport, arrest man for allegedly violating Aviation Security Ordinance
Hong Kong police have arrested a man for allegedly trying to open a plane cabin door during a Cathay Pacific Airways flight from Boston.
The force said it received a report from the city’s flagship carrier at around 4.45am on Thursday about the incident.
The plane landed at Hong Kong airport at around 5am, with police officers boarding the aircraft to arrest the suspect, a 20-year-old mainland Chinese man, for allegedly violating the Aviation Security Ordinance.
The case has been classified as a “request for police assistance” and is being handled by the force’s airport district investigation team.
In a written reply to the Post, Cathay Pacific said that a passenger was suspected of attempting to open an aircraft door on flight CX811, which departed from Boston on Wednesday.
The 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 police, it said.