BEIJING — China’s aviation regulator is looking into an alleged mid-air dispute between crew members on a recent Donghai Airlines domestic flight, it said late on Monday, vowing severe punishment for any action that endangered flight safety.
Donghai Airlines said it had immediately suspended the crew members involved in the fight and launched a safety rectification campaign to plug loopholes in safety management.
Neither the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) nor the airline provided details of the incident.
But the incident went viral on social media after an aviation-focused WeChat account reported a fight had broken out between the captain and a cabin crew member…
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