A pilot of Cathay Pacific, at Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom, was arrested on suspicion of hiding a knife in a public place.
A crew member stated that in recent years, British airports have had particularly stringent security checks on crew members. All crew members’ luggage must be checked by an X-ray machine before they can carry the same machine.
The London police reported that a case involving the crew had occurred in the third passenger terminal at Heathrow Airport. As a result, they entered the staff search area in the restricted area.
Afterwards, the police found a knife in the luggage of a 61-year-old pilot Cathay Pacific and arrested him on suspicion of possession of offensive weapons on public grounds. The pilot was later released on bail and reported to the local police in mid-May.
Since Cathay Pacific failed to arrange for another pilot to take over the job in real time, the scheduled departure of CX254 flight from London back to Hong Kong at 10:20 that evening was delayed until the following afternoon, leaving 262 passengers stranded. One night in London, it arrived at Hong Kong around 9 am on the 20th.
In response to inquiries, Cathay Pacific Airways admitted that the organic team was arrested. The company will seriously handle the incident and is cooperating with the police. However, due to the fact that the case is under investigation, it has failed to provide further information.
However, Cathay Pacific Airways stressed that the incident occurred at the airport and did not involve activities in the aircraft cabin, nor did it pose any threat to passengers and crew members. The company apologized for the affected passengers and arranged them to stay at the hotel and take other flights.
In the past two years, security inspections at British airports have become more rigorous than in other EU countries.
A crew member stated that at the airports in London and Manchester in the United Kingdom, the crew must go through the customs passage, and the baggage must also undergo an X-ray inspection. Sometimes the baggage is even opened for viewing by customs officers. The Customs also has an instrument that can analyze ingredients in real time to check the composition of the crew’s carried items.
However, in other European countries, most of the crew only need to walk through the staff passages. In some places, the luggage can always follow the crew and board the plane directly.
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