Investigators in Hong Kong, looking into the April 13 incident of a Cathay Pacific Airbus A330 that was forced to land at 230 knots (426 km/h), say in a preliminary report that the aircraft’s central monitoring system warned of control system faults with both Rolls-Royce Trent 700s before one became stuck at high thrust. The flight crew noticed fluctuations in engine pressure ratios during the climb after takeoff from Surabaya, Indonesia. Number 2 engine showed the greatest irregularity.

The capacity of Beijing Capital International Airport could be stretched by 7% with a decision due this year on how to employ the unused T3D satellite building of the facility’s vast Terminal 3. If T3D were devoted to domestic instead of international services, it would be able to handle 10 million passengers a year instead of 4 million, says a manager at Beijing Capital. The airport’s current rated capacity, 85 million a year, assumes that T3D will be used for international services, so 91 million is within reach.

Thai Airways will increase its capital by 10 billion baht with an issue of new shares, following approval by shareholders. The carrier is majority-owned by the Thai government.