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What not to do when traveling on an airplane

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October 26, 2017, 12:30 AM
corsair
What not to do when traveling on an airplane
Elderly passenger tosses coins into plane's engine, grounding flight at China airport</a>
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SHANGHAI: She was flying Lucky Air, but that wasn't enough for an elderly Chinese woman who tossed coins at the jet's engine to wish for a safe flight, prompting authorities to detain her and ground the flight.
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Big Grin
October 26, 2017, 01:32 AM
kkina
Maybe she thought it was a coin-op flight?


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October 26, 2017, 01:54 AM
46and2
What's worse is, she isn't the first one to do that, and may not be the last.
October 26, 2017, 05:13 AM
Fredward
Too bad it's not dated. I thought I saw that article last year. Would like to know if it's another incident.
October 26, 2017, 06:21 AM
RogueJSK
quote:
Originally posted by Fredward:
Too bad it's not dated. I thought I saw that article last year. Would like to know if it's another incident.


Per the article:

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"The incident occurred on Wednesday (Oct 19) at the airport in the city of Anqing in eastern China's Anhui province, according to authorities, and was at least the second such report this year of a safety scare caused by a coin-tossing elderly Chinese... In June, a superstitious 80-year-old woman delayed a China Southern Airlines flight at Shanghai's Pudong International Airport for nearly six hours after she tossed nine coins at the engine from the tarmac while boarding, with one nestling inside."


Here's the June incident: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40421811
October 26, 2017, 06:42 AM
Paten
My calendar for 2017 says Oct. 19 was on a Thursday.
October 26, 2017, 07:32 AM
Powers77
quote:
Originally posted by Paten:
My calendar for 2017 says Oct. 19 was on a Thursday.

It was a Wednesday in 2016.