A video has emerged of the Cathay Pacific Airways Boeing 777-300ER which carried out an unauthorised low-level flypast in Seattle during its delivery flight last month.

The incident took place on 30 January at Everett Airport immediately after Cathay took delivery of the new 777-300ER. After takeoff for Hong Kong the captain – chief 777 pilot Ian Wilkinson - returned the aircraft to the airfield and made a low-level flypast with the landing gear up.

Mr Wilkinson was subsequently fired for carrying out the unauthorised low-level flypast.

On board were around 50 or 60 people, according to another industry source, including Cathay chairman Christopher Prat

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