Elderly passenger handcuffed, escorted off Cathay flight from Hong Kong to San Francisco


A video posted on Xiaohongshu showed a man being escorted off the flight by US Customs and Border Protection officers. - Photo: Handout / Willa Wu

BEIJING: An elderly passenger was handcuffed and escorted off a Cathay Pacific Airways’ flight by American law enforcement after the plane landed in San Francisco, Hong Kong’s flag carrier has confirmed, saying the man had been disruptive on board.

Cathay said on Saturday the man’s unruly conduct on flight 872 from Hong Kong to San Francisco on October 9 had affected the safety of other passengers.

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