Fight over Gucci handbag delays flight

HONG KONG - Armed police removed a woman from a Cathay Pacific flight after she refused to stow her luxury Gucci handbag under the seat in front of her or in the cabin overhead, Apple Daily reported yesterday.

The flight this month to Tokyo was delayed for about an hour. Passengers clapped when the woman with the bag was escorted off.

The woman and four friends, who also got off the plane, were put on a later flight to Tokyo.

"There was no problem on the other flight," a Cathay spokeswoman said.

- REUTERS