Smoke was found in the cabin of Cathay Pacific Airways flight CX365
Three passengers sustained minor injuries and 351 passengers were evacuated from the smoking cabin of an airplane at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport on Friday morning.
Police told Xinhua that smoke was found in the cabin of Cathay Pacific Airways flight CX365 scheduled to fly from Shanghai to Hong Kong prior to takeoff.
“Smoke was found when the airplane was on the runway and prepared for takeoff,” an official with the airport’s frontier inspection department said, adding that a preliminary investigation found that the smoke had been caused by an equipment failure.
All passengers were successfully evacuated.
The three injured persons were sent to hospital and the Shanghai Pudong International Airport continued normal operations.
Further investigation is underway.
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