{"id":4687,"date":"2025-12-17T02:01:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T02:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marketsfortress.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/17\/passenger-arrested-after-trying-to-open-plane-door-mid-flight-from-boston-to-hong-kong\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T02:01:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T02:01:55","slug":"passenger-arrested-after-trying-to-open-plane-door-mid-flight-from-boston-to-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marketsfortress.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/17\/passenger-arrested-after-trying-to-open-plane-door-mid-flight-from-boston-to-hong-kong\/","title":{"rendered":"Passenger arrested after trying to open plane door mid-flight from Boston to Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"

HONG KONG \u2014 Police in Hong Kong<\/a> arrested a passenger on Thursday for allegedly attempting to open the door of a plane during a flight from Boston to the Chinese territory.<\/p>\n

The 20-year-old male suspect, a Chinese passport holder with the last name Zhang, attempted the act on a Cathay Pacific<\/a> flight early Thursday and was reported to police, a Hong Kong Police Force spokesperson told NBC News by phone on Friday.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOur cabin crew immediately attended to the situation, inspected the door to ensure it was securely closed, and reported the incident to the relevant authorities and the police,\u201d Cathay Pacific, which is Hong Kong\u2019s flagship airline, said in an emailed statement to NBC News.<\/p>\n

No crew members or passengers were injured, and the flight landed safely, the airline said. \u201cThe case has been handed over to the police for investigation,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

The CX811 flight landed at Hong Kong International Airport at 4:32 a.m. local time, nearly 30 minutes earlier than its estimated arrival time, according to Flightradar24. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s an offence for any person on board an aircraft to willfully tamper or interfere with any component, apparatus, equipment, or system of the aircraft under Hong Kong\u2019s Aviation Security Ordinance<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In September, a Hong Kong Airlines flight to Osaka had an emergency exit accidentally opened after landing, with no injuries reported, according to public broadcaster RTHK<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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