Hong Kong: Eight people were injured on Tuesday
when a Cathay Pacific Airbus A330 made an emergency landing at
Hong Kong airport due to an engine failure, the government
said.
The more than 300 passengers and 14 crew members on board
flight CX 780 from Surabaya, Indonesia, were evacuated, a
spokesman for the Civil Aviation Department told agency.
"Eight injured passengers have been taken and admitted to
hospital," Tony Tyler, the Hong Kong airline`s chief
executive, told a press conference.
"It appeared there were some engine problems that the
aircraft experienced on (landing)," Tyler added.
He said an investigation into the engine failure had
begun.
The Civil Aviation Department said a small fire broke out
in the engine after the twin-engined plane landed, but added
that firemen had extinguished the fire within a short time.
PTI
