Cathay Pacific passengers left vomiting, screaming in fear on storm-wracked flight to Hong Kong
- Passenger shares ordeal on flight CX341 from Shanghai, as Cathay internal memo reveals planes on Tuesday night faced unstable weather and landing delays
- ‘There were two failed landing attempts … All the passengers on board the flight started to scream, while children were crying wildly,’ she says
Flight CX341 from Shanghai was due to land at Hong Kong International Airport at 7.30pm but was delayed by more than seven hours.
“My bum detached from my seat at least three or four times, while all the items in my bag came flying out,” one passenger wrote on the popular mainland Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu. “The word ‘bumpy’ fails to describe the feeling. The sense of weightlessness was way too horrible.”
She said the aircraft attempted to land twice, causing some of the passengers to start vomiting, screaming and crying.
“There were two failed landing attempts. The first time it glided to 2,000 metres [6,561 feet], I felt like I was about to die. All the passengers on board the flight started to scream while children were crying wildly,” she said.
“Amid the bumpy and shaky ride was the resonating sound of vomiting. The whole aircraft was filled with the smell of vomit.”