Frankfurt, Safar 24, 1438, November 24, 2016, SPA -- The strike by Lufthansa pilots in support of a pay demand went into its second day on Thursday, with the German flagship carrier cancelling 912 flights for the day, hitting the travel plans of some 100,000 long- and short-haul passengers, dpa reported. The Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) pilots' union announced that the strike - the 14th in a dispute stretching back to April 2014 - would be extended to a third day on Friday, from the two originally planned. The stoppage, aimed at pressing demands for a backdated pay increase of 22 per cent over the five years to April 2017, grounded 876 flights on Wednesday. In total, 215,000 passengers have been affected over the first two days. --SPA 14:09 LOCAL TIME 11:09 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w276096