AN air hostess injured during a water-skiing accident is suing two boat-owners.
Miss Sandra Cho Seong-ja, now 36, a Cathay Pacific co-ordinator, was knocked unconscious when she was hit by a metal pole after a water-skiing line became tangled with the propellers of a passing vessel.
She sustained head injuries, a dislocated shoulder and a fractured collar bone, a writ filed with the Supreme Court states.
Miss Cho claims the accident was caused by the negligence of Mr Julian Armstrong, owner of a speedboat, Jade III, on which she was a passenger, and Mr Johannes Kaidel, owner of Patricia I.
The statement of claim says that Miss Cho went on a boat trip with Miss Yeo Ka on October 7, 1990, and took turns water skiing in the channel leading from Sai Kung towards High Island Reservoir.
The skiing line was attached to a metal pole erected in the centre of Jade III, which was steered by Mr Armstrong.
Miss Yeo finished her turn, let go of the skiing line, and climbed back on board. Miss Cho was sitting at the port side at the front of the vessel when Patricia I, driven by Mr Kaidel, approached.