Hong Kong’s Cathay says sorry to passengers stuck on plane without air con
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways has apologised to the passengers of a Bangkok-bound flight after a technical issue left them stuck on the plane without air conditioning before they were transferred to another aircraft.
Social media users claimed it was not the first such incident to involve the plane this week. The airline did not address the concerns when asked by the Post.
Cathay Pacific said on Thursday night that flight CX705 was originally scheduled to depart from Hong Kong at 8am, but was delayed as a result of a technical issue that occurred during boarding and affected the cabin’s air conditioning.
According to accounts online, passengers were forced to wait on board the plane for more than one hour without air conditioning before being swapped to another aircraft.
Cathay stopped short of saying how long passengers were forced to wait on the plane.
“I don’t know if it is the air conditioning or the power systems that have issues. They could not even use the PA system,” one user said.