Eleven passengers were injured when a Cathay Pacific flight was aborted at Hong Kong International Airport in the early hours of Saturday morning, Cathay Pacific said.
Flight CX880 bound for Los Angeles returned to the gate after a "technical issue" caused the crew to abort takeoff and a "precautionary passenger evacuation" was initiated, the airline said in a statement. Those on board allegedly used five escape slides to exit the plane.
Cathay Pacific did not disclose details about the issue. Public broadcaster Radio Hong Kong, citing police said one of the plane's tires overheated, causing it to burst.
The flight was carrying 293 passengers and 17 crew members.
"We understand that 11 passengers were injured during the evacuation and are receiving treatment in hospital," Cathay Pacific said. "Our priority is to care for all affected passengers and crew."
The airline later said the nine injured passengers had been discharged from hospital as of 10.30am.
香港起飛中止 11名乘客受傷
國泰航空表示，週六凌晨，一架國泰客機在香港國際機場中止起飛，11名乘客在撤離飛機時受傷。
該航空公司在一份聲明中表示，飛往洛杉磯的CX880航班在“技術問題”導致機組人員中止起飛後返回登機口，並啟動了“預防性乘客疏散”。據稱，機上人員使用了五個逃生滑梯離開飛機。
國泰航空沒有透露有關該問題的詳細信息。公共廣播公司香港電台援引警方的話稱，飛機的一個輪胎過熱，導致輪胎爆裂。
該航班載有 293 名乘客和 17 名機組人員。
國泰航空表示：“據我們了解，有 11 名乘客在疏散過程中受傷，正在醫院接受治療。” “我們的首要任務是照顧所有受影響的乘客和機組人員。”
該航空公司後來說，截至上午 10 點 30 分，九名受傷乘客已出院。
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