Cathay Pacific Oral Scandal Photos

Photos that appear to show a flight attendant giving an oral sex to a pilot aboard a Cathay Pacific aircraft have reportedly surfaced on the web. Cathay Pacific said it had launched a ''full investigation'' into photos allegedly showing a flight attendant performing oral sex on a pilot aboard an aircraft of the Hong Kong carrier.

Several pixellated photos of the act have been published in local Chinese-language media, showing the woman in a red outfit resembling Cathay's cabin crew uniform giving oral sex to a man who the reports said was a pilot. ''We are conducting a full investigation into the matter and there are some indications that the female shown in the photos may be a member of our cabin crew,'' a Cathay spokeswoman said in a statement.

The South China Morning Post reported that a video was also rumored to have been uploaded online. A former official of the employees' union refuted the rumor, web sources say. Reports in Hong Kong media said the pictures had been widely circulated on an online forum for pilots, and added that the duo in the photos were a couple.

According to the Chinese-language Apple Daily, the pilot - a foreigner - has issued a legal letter to the newspaper saying the photos had been stolen from his personal computer and that he had lodged a police report.