Airline fires flight attendants for mocking passengers' language skills.

Cathay Pacific has terminated three flight attendants after they were accused of mocking passengers' English on a flight from Chengdu, China to Hong Kong. The flight attendants were heard complaining amongst themselves before making fun of Chinese passengers who wanted a blanket but used the word "carpet" instead. The incident sparked outrage in China's state media, accusing the airline of "worshipping English and looking down on Mandarin." Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China, which extended its power over the financial hub with legal forms in 2019 that provoked widespread protests.