article_snippet.sent: (CNN)Cathay Pacific was forced to cancel a scheduled flight from London to Hong Kong after one of the pilots was arrested after trying to board the airliner with knives in his luggage.
article_snippet.sent: The pilot, who has not been identified, was stopped during security checks as the flight prepared to depart on Saturday night, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement Monday.
article_snippet.sent: At around 21:10 hours police at Heathrow Airport were called to a staff search area.
article_snippet.sent: Officers attended and subsequently the member of flight crew, a man, was arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon in a public place and possession of a knife blade / sharp pointed article in a public place.
article_snippet.sent: He was then taken into custody at a local police station where He was later bailed and ordered to return in May pending an investigation, a statement added.
article_snippet.sent: Passengers were forced to wait in the seats on board the Boeing 777 for more than two hours before the service was canceled.
article_snippet.sent: but They couldn't get there on time," one passenger on the flight told the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post.
highlights_snippet.sent: Pilot stopped during security checks as the flight prepared to depart on Saturday night .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Pilot has been bailed pending an investigation .