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Sunday, March 02, 2008

Cathay Pacific Pilot fired after 350 MPH low fly-by on Boeing 777

The British boss of a leading airline was under fire last night after it was revealed he was on the flight deck of a Boeing 777 when it swooped over a runway at just 28ft in a daredevil stunt that cost the pilot his job.


Christopher Pratt CBE, chairman of Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific, was in a jump seat behind pilot Ian Wilkinson when he performed the 320mph fly-by on the plane's maiden flight out of Seattle on January 31.

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