Passengers on a Cathay Pacific Airways flight were lucky not to have been hit by an unhinged toilet door as they were in their seats with seat belts on when the fixture fell during take-off, according to an engineer who said loose screws were the likely cause .
Engineering experts on Wednesday shared their comments as Hong Kong’s flag carrier investigated the cause of the incident on flight 840 as it took off on a 16-hour journey bound for New York on Monday evening.
