Cathay A359 near Manila on Oct 9th 2017, turbulence injures 7
Last Update: October 10, 2017 / 20:39:02 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 9, 2017
Classification
Accident
Cause
Turbulence
Airline
Cathay Pacific
Flight number
CX-157
Departure
Hong Kong, China
Destination
Brisbane, Australia
Aircraft Registration
B-LRS
Aircraft Type
Airbus A350-900
ICAO Type Designator
A359
The aircraft remained on the ground for about 3 hours, then continued the journey and reached Brisbane with a delay of 4:15 hours.
Passengers reported the flight attendants impacted the cabin ceiling and came down again during the turbulence encounter, that overall lasted up to 10 minutes.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 9, 2017
Classification
Accident
Cause
Turbulence
Airline
Cathay Pacific
Flight number
CX-157
Departure
Hong Kong, China
Destination
Brisbane, Australia
Aircraft Registration
B-LRS
Aircraft Type
Airbus A350-900
ICAO Type Designator
A359
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