Computer breakdown resolved at Hong Kong airport after hundreds delayed

Check-in services at Hong Kong's international airport resumed for hundreds of travellers on Thursday with computer systems restored, after local television footage showed scores of people stuck in queues with their luggage. The Airport Authority said the check-in system had fully resumed normal operation after a regular test found an "abnormality" in the network's computer system. Registration for check-in at several rows in the city's normally efficient airport were shut during the outage. "Five departure flights were delayed for around less than 30 minutes during the period," the authority said in a statement. Cathay Pacific Airways (0293.HK), the city's flagship carrier, was one of the most affected, the South China Morning Post reported. Cathay did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<br/>