Boeing said in a statement released here that the fix will be certified by the US Federal Aviation Administration in mid-October.

More than a dozen passengers were injured in June during an emergency evacuation of a Cathay Pacific 777 which had just landed in Hong Kong. The false fire alarm is thought to have been caused by its belly cargo which included live frogs

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First Published: Sep 30 1996 | 12:00 AM IST

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