By The SUN
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| Cathay found out that the 3 pilots left their hotel room in Frankfurt, in violation of guidelines |
Cathay Pacific Airways has fired three of its cargo pilots
who tested positive for Covid-19 on arrival in
Reports say the three violated company regulations by
leaving their hotel in
“After investigation into these cases, regrettably, the findings indicate a serious breach of requirements during crew overseas layovers. The individuals concerned are no longer employed by Cathay Pacific,” the airline said in a statement released on Thursday.
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The three pilots stayed in the crew hotel, Hyatt Regency Mainz, after flying out of Hng Kong.
Two of them, aged 57 and 29, left on Oct 31 for
The third pilot, who is 53, left Hong Kong on Nov 3 for
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All tested negative on arrival, and because they enjoyed quarantine exemption, were allowed to go home.
But subsequent tests showed they were infected with Covid-19
with the Delta variant, which carried a mutation commonly seen in
The Centre for Health Protection had earlier said that during interviews with health authorities, the three maintained they never left their hotel room.
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This prompted CHP to conclude that there was a Covid-19 outbreak in their hotel, and ordered 130 other aircrew who had also stayed there to undergo compulsory quarantine.
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| More than 120 kids at DBIS were moved to a quarantine centre after one of pilots tested positive |
More than 120 kindergarten and primary grade pupils of Discovery Bay International School were also moved to Penny's Bay Quarantine Centre as one of the pilots' wife teaches there and two of his sons are students.
Reacting to news of the breach, the Transport and Housing
Bureau said it deeply regretted the cargo crew’s non-compliance with the
requirements of the closed-loop operation during their layover in
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Considering the severity of the incident, the Bureau said it
has already directed
The Bureau noted that Cathay recently tightened the rules for its air cargo staff, including daily post-arrival testing for all returning crew, stricter monitoring of compliance with the closed-loop operation during layovers abroad, imposing more stringent rules during their medical surveillance periods, and requiring all air crew to take a third dose of a Covid vaccine.
Speaking about the
incident early this week, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said Cathay agreed to
impose more restrictions on air crew on the first three days of their return to
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This includes leaving home for a maximum of two hours to buy food or seek medical attention, and taking a Covid-19 test regularly.
Before the stepped-up measures, the airline merely relied on the self-discipline of crew members when it came to compliance guidelines.
Meanwhile, the CHP reported four new Covid-19 cases today,
involving arrivals from
Two tested positive on arrival at
All were fully vaccinated, but carried the L452R mutant strain of the coronavirus.
They took
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