2 former Cathay Pacific flight attendants convicted of breaching Hong Kong’s Covid quarantine rules while infected at start of fifth wave

• Pair’s actions late last year were thought to be the likely cause of the first Omicron cluster in city’s fifth wave of infections, its deadliest by far
• Carrier at the time came under fire and was accused of exploiting loophole, allowing staff on commercial flights to return on cargo ones and isolate at home