-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Accoding to the Straits Times passengers at SIN passengers from high risk areas are being screened one by one by a nurse as they disembark. How was the A340-600? Regards, David On Tuesday 01 Apr 2003 2:43 am, Mark Greenwood wrote: > Yes, the masks are due to SARS. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Stanley Powroznik > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 3:14 PM > To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Cathay Pacific Airways inquiry > > > Fellow listers.... > > Has anyone on the list have flown on CX out of HKG in recent weeks and > noticing anything unusual worn by the flight attendants inflight ? > > I am returning from a business trip last Saturday flying out of HKG to > LAX to fly on the A340-600 and noticed that most of the flight > attendants on this flight were wearing surgical masks for the most of > the duration of the flight when they make their rounds in the aisles. I > noticed that it did alarmed certain passengers on the flight. I never > asked any one of them on why they were wearing masks, but I think it has > to do with the SARS diseases that have been emerging in recent weeks > from Asia and wearing the masks as a precaution. > > Has anyone also encountered this same phenomena I experienced on CX or > on any other Asian carriers with flights originating from Asia ? If > yes, please share your experiences in the forum or off-list. > > Cheers, > > Stan > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.465 / Virus Database: 263 - Release Date: 25/03/2003 > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.465 / Virus Database: 263 - Release Date: 25/03/2003 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+idIhKsvwCXwmAPgRAsCaAJ0XLO8zZ5osSmq5Ob+ltNsocKZ+4gCfeGwv y3BRhKUGdl5Dk/APDItuOzE= =wIJH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----