Originally Posted by Guy Betsy
The cabin crew themselves must have suffered through the flight - and they couldn't even strip down to the bare minimum!
Wonder why the airline decided to fly back to HK instead of finding the nearest international airport? I mean, it was 4 hours on before the pilot decided to turn back, which meant another 4 hours of torture in the hot cabin...!
EDITED to add an excerpt from the SCMP:
So the aircraft turned back after 2 hours, and not 4 as reported above by OP.
2 hrs out of HKG to LHR would be right in the middle of China, with its ridiculously restricted airspace and likely, a huge number of visitors without proper visas.
Sounds like an awful flight, though.