UO600 - Incident: HK Express A321 at Hong Kong on Jan 3rd 2023

A Hong Kong Express Airbus A321-200, registration B-LEE performing flight UO-600 from Hong Kong (China) to Fukuoka (Japan), had just reached the top of climb at FL370 out of Hong Kong about 30 minutes into the flight when the crew initiated an emergency descent to 10,000 feet and returned to Hong Kong for a safe landing on runway 07L about 90 minutes after departure.

A replacement A321-200 registration B-LEK reached Fukuoka with a delay of about 2.5 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 10.5 hours after landing back.