Cantonese Woman Accuses Passenger of Assaulting Her Son on Cathay Pacific Flight to Seoul

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Saturday, 09 August 2025
Cathay Pacific Airlines had a flight today (8th) from Hong Kong to South Korea's Seoul, where a passenger dispute and pushing occurred. HK01 obtained footage from readers showing two Mandarin-speaking men and women arguing with two Cantonese-speaking men and women in the aisle. The Mandarin-speaking woman asked, 'Try saying it again, you hit my son! Do you have any right?' During the incident, she held a bottle pointing at the other party and even pulled their collar. The situation escalated further during the dispute, with all four men and women leaving their seats and pushing each other in the aisle. Several flight attendants rushed forward to mediate, separating them and shouting, 'Wait a moment! Stay calm.' Both sides continued to shout and curse at each other, with the Cantonese-speaking man shouting, 'Scared of you? Come out here! X your old X stinking X!' Cathay Pacific Airlines responded to the inquiry, stating that the involved parties had received a written warning, and the involved passengers were finally handed over to local law enforcement for follow-up after the flight arrived in Seoul. Cathay Pacific Airlines had a flight today (8th) from Hong Kong to South Korea's Seoul, HX628, where four male and female passengers had a dispute and pushed each other. (Reader-provided video screenshot) It is understood that the Mandarin-speaking female passenger accused a Cantonese-speaking male passenger of physically assaulting her 8-year-old son, 'My child was hit when he was using the restroom, I immediately apologized to him, but he punched my son directly.' She also once asked, 'Would you be happy if you hit him? You are a father, you are a dad, directly hitting my son, are you sick?' The woman accompanying the Cantonese-speaking male passenger responded in Mandarin, 'Your son also hit someone!' Witnesses of the incident stated that the Cantonese-speaking male passenger claimed the boy had harassed him multiple times, with both sides holding different accounts, and the conflict eventually escalated, requiring mediation by flight attendants. Fortunately, the flight eventually landed smoothly, and the incident was handed over to the ground staff at Incheon International Airport for handling. Cathay Pacific Airlines stated that today's flight HX628 to Seoul had a dispute between passengers on board. The crew followed company procedures to intervene and mediate in a timely manner and issued a written warning to the involved parties; no one was injured in the incident. The involved passengers were finally handed over to local law enforcement for follow-up after the flight arrived in Seoul. According to Cathay Pacific Airlines' data, the involved flight departed around 9 a.m. this morning and arrived in Seoul around 2 p.m. this afternoon.