Firefighters called as Cathay flight lands in Hong Kong with ‘defective’ part

A Cathay Pacific Airways flight from Beijing with a “defective component” required firefighters to be on standby after landing in Hong Kong on Friday, with all passengers and crew members eventually disembarking from the Airbus A330-300 aircraft safely.
Flight CX331, which departed from Beijing on Friday afternoon and landed in Hong Kong just before 8.30pm, had a “suspected abnormal system indication after landing”, according to a Cathay spokeswoman.
Firefighters were on standby as a precaution,…