Two separate aircraft with faults were diverted to Hong Kong International Aiport on the same day

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Two aircraft that left Hong Kong International Airport on a separate journey on Friday( 20th of October) were successfully diverted after faults were discovered in a flight.

First was the Cathay Pacific Airways flight CX596 in which 294 people were on board to Japan forced to return to Hong Kong on Friday morning. The door of the cargo section on the aircraft was said to be found unlocked, alarming by the emergency signal. The plane landed safely at 9:43 a.m. with emergency services standby at 9.28  a.m. after the notice, according to the report.

Cathay Pacific Airways authority made an apology and shortly arranged for the spare aircraft after the incident to fly passengers to their proposed destination.

The second diversion involved Hong Kong Express Airways to Taiwan which took off at 12:45 p.m. The wings of the aircraft were reported with faults and diverted to Hong Kong International Airport, Lap Kok at 1.31 p.m.

Fortunately, the problem was rectified and the rescheduled flight was announced to take off at 3 p.m.

同日兩架故障的飛機改航飛往香港國際機場

週五（10月20日）從香港國際機場起飛的兩架飛機在發現航班故障後成功改道。

首先是國泰航空CX596航班，機上載有294人飛往日本，週五早上被迫返回香港。 據稱，飛機貨艙門未鎖，緊急訊號引起警報。 據報道，飛機於上午 9 點 43 分安全著陸，緊急服務人員在接到通知後於上午 9 點 28 分待命。

國泰航空當局作出道歉，並在事件發生後立即安排備用飛機將乘客送往預定目的地，並對由此造成的不便表示歉意。

第二次改道是香港快運航空飛往台灣，該班機於中午 12 點 45 分起飛。 據報機機翼故障，於下午 1 點 31 分改飛立角香港國際機場，幸好問題已修正，並宣布改期航班於下午 3 時起飛。