By South China Morning Post | Created at 2025-03-06 03:33:04 | Updated at 2025-03-06 09:56:57
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Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways has diverted a Milan-bound flight to Lanzhou after an engine failure was discovered 4½ hours into the trip, the Post has learned.
Flight CX233 took off at 12.50am on Thursday and was supposed to arrive at Italy’s Milano Malpensa Airport at 7.40am local time.
A source said the cockpit crew noticed a failure in the left engine roughly 4½ hours after the take-off and requested a diversion to Lanzhou in mainland China.
“The ground control asked the crew if it was possible to divert the flight to Chengdu instead, but the crew replied ‘negative, ’” the insider said.
He said the flight landed at Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport at 5.35am after the Boeing 777 aircraft jettisoned 55 tonnes of fuel.
The carrier planned to arrange another flight to take passengers in the late afternoon on Thursday, the source added.
