A court has granted two Cathay Pacific business-class passengers a conditional discharge after the pair admitted hurling objects at each other during a heated argument as their flight landed in Hong Kong early this year.
West Kowloon Court on Wednesday released saleswoman Tsui Zi-kew, 32, and grandmother Zhang Xinyan, 60, on a two-year bind-over order over their scuffle on a flight from Sapporo in Japan to Hong Kong on January 6.
The defendants will be fined HK$1,500 if they fail to maintain good behaviour and keep the peace during the period and risk heavier punishment for any further offences.
Tsui and Zhang, who was travelling with her three-year-old granddaughter, did not know each other before boarding flight CX581.
The court heard the child suddenly started crying shortly after the plane touched down at Hong Kong International Airport at 9.40pm.
Tsui, who was sitting behind Zhang, threw a tantrum after hearing the child crying and tossed two bottles at the 60-year-old housewife, triggering a heated exchange between the two. The flight manager attempted to separate the pair but in vain.
