Cathay Pacific issues apology after 'technical issue' caused plane to block Manchester Airport taxiway for HOURS
An airline has apologised after a 'technical issue' with one of its planes led to it blocking a taxiway at Manchester Airport for several hours. The knock-on effect meant that a Brussels Airlines flight to Brussels and a TUI flight to Cape Verde both had to be cancelled as they were stuck behind the Cathay Pacific aircraft, that had been due to fly to Hong Kong.
Cathay Pacific has now issued an apology and confirmed that the affected plan is being inspected by engineers. No information has been provided about the nature of the suspected malfunction.A spokesman for the airline said: "Cathay Pacific confirms that Flight CX216 departing from Manchester to Hong Kong on 15 December has been delayed due to a technical issue that caused the aircraft to block the taxiway. The aircraft has since been moved and is now being inspected by our engineers.
Brussels Airlines said that passengers embarking in Brussels have since flown home, while passengers travelling to Brussels on connecting flights have been rebooked on other services. "A Cathay Pacific aircraft was indeed blocking the runway due to technical issues which meant our aircraft OOSND was also blocked for several hours on the Manchester runway yesterday 15 th December," a Brussels Airline spokesman said.
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