Vemmelig sak med flyger i fokus

Cathay Pacific pilot arrested at Heathrow on suspicion of carrying knives on board plane an hour before flying 262 passengers to Hong Kong

Police called after knives found in search area before boarding plane

Passengers delayed for 17 hours because there was no relief crew

Pilot released on bail until May while police make further inquiries

A Cathay Pacific pilot was arrested for allegedly trying to carry knives onto a plane just an hour before was due to carry 262 passengers from Heathrow to Hong Kong.

The search was carried out moments before boarding the Cathay Pacific 777 flight CX254 which was set to take off at 9.10pm.

With no relief crew available for the flight, the passengers had to wait until yesterday when frustrated flyers finally took off at 2.47pm - after a 17-and-a-half-hour delay

The incident comes less than four weeks after the Germanwings French Alps plane disaster in which cockpit voice recorder evidence suggests the co-pilot deliberately crashed the Airbus A320 with the loss of 150 lives.