Incidents and Accidents
This covers Hong Kong Airlines flights.
- 17 November 2011: Hong Kong Airlines Flight 752 was held hostage by passengers at Hong Kong Airport after a dispute between the airline and the passengers over compensation offered to them after a 9 hour delay on the tarmac at Changi Airport. The passengers were later removed from the aircraft by the police but 21 of them continued their protest at the airport terminal. This dispute was later settled after the airline agreed to increase the compensation.
- In January 2012, Hong Kong Airlines came under fire after reaching a deal involving dolphins captured in Tajii, Japan (the site of the annual dolphin drive hunt, featured in the Oscar winning film, The Cove) being transported to dolphin parks around the world. Passengers threatening a boycott against the airline ensued.
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