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<\/div>\nThe airline announced it had suspended the flight attendants<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Cathay Pacific Airways has fired three flight attendants for mocking non-English speaking passengers during a Sunday flight. An audio clip of the incident has gone viral on the internet, BBC <\/em><\/a>reported.<\/p>\n The Hong Kong carrier took action after details of the alleged incident aboard a flight from Chengdu in Sichuan province to Hong Kong on Sunday (May 21) were posted online.<\/p>\n The passengers wrote online posts about their alleged experiences. They said flight attendants complained among themselves about passengers in English and Cantonese, and made fun of a passenger for asking for a carpet instead of a blanket.<\/p>\n A flight attendant is accused of telling a passenger they could not have a blanket because they couldn’t say it in English, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n The post drew criticism of the airlines on social media in China.<\/p>\n The netizens accused the airline of “worshipping” foreigners and looking down on mainlanders.<\/p>\n Hong Kong chief executive John Lee also said the incident had “hurt the feelings of compatriots in Hong Kong and the mainland”.<\/p>\n The carrier said the experiences of passengers on the flight had caused ‘widespread concern’ and added it ‘sincerely apologized’.<\/p>\n The airline announced it had suspended the flight attendants and launched an internal investigation.<\/p>\n Hong Kong’s flagship carrier has tried to rebuild from difficult years during the health crisis.<\/p>\n It was badly hit by flight cancellations, border closures and strict quarantine measures for crew.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n