By The Associated Press , Hong Kong | Wed, 07/30/2008 8:01 PM | World A Cathay Pacific jetliner bound for Hong Kong suffered midair damage to its air conditioning system, but the incident posed no danger to the flight's 347 passengers, the company said Wednesday.
The crew heard a noise as the plane cruised at 20,000 feet after leaving New York. The Boeing 747-400 made its scheduled landing in Vancouver on Tuesday morning, where crew members discovered that an air conditioning access panel had detached from the aircraft. It caused some minor damage to other parts of the fuselage.
"The fiber glass skin panel is a secondary structure which has nothing to do with structural integrity. The event had no impct on the operation of the aircraft," the Hong Kong-based carrier said in a statement.
"The event represented no danger to the aircraft or those on board."
The airplane was repaired and put back in service.
Last week, a Qantas flight bound for Melbourne made an emergency landing in the Philippines fter an oxygen cylinder exploded and blasted a large hole in the fuselage. (****)
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