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| Cathay Pacific spells own name wrong on plane | |
| (about 20 hours later) | |
| An airline has had to send a plane back to the paint shop after the company's name was spelled incorrectly on it. | |
| Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific painted its name as "Cathay Paciic" on the side of the jet. | Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific painted its name as "Cathay Paciic" on the side of the jet. |
| Eagle-eyed travellers spotted the mistake at Hong Kong International Airport and contacted the airline. | Eagle-eyed travellers spotted the mistake at Hong Kong International Airport and contacted the airline. |
| "Oops this special livery won't last long! She's going back to the shop!" the company joked on Twitter. | "Oops this special livery won't last long! She's going back to the shop!" the company joked on Twitter. |
| The airline said it was a genuine mistake, although some in the industry said it was inexplicable. | The airline said it was a genuine mistake, although some in the industry said it was inexplicable. |
| "The spacing is too on-point for a mishap," an engineer for Haeco, a sister company of the airline, told the South China Morning Post. | "The spacing is too on-point for a mishap," an engineer for Haeco, a sister company of the airline, told the South China Morning Post. |
| "There should be a blank gap in between letters if it was a real mistake I think." | "There should be a blank gap in between letters if it was a real mistake I think." |
| Social media users saw the funny side, however. | Social media users saw the funny side, however. |
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