China Southern Airlines posted a five-minute video on Weibo warning passengers against actions like "throwing coins at the plane."
  • China Southern Airlines warned passengers on social media not to throw coins at planes.
  • A Wednesday flight was delayed four hours after such an incident.
  • In a video, a flight attendant tells confused passengers someone threw “three to five coins” into the engine.
  • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
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    8 months ago

    No but I looked up the flight, and the airport it used in Hainan (SYX) has a number of gates with jetways, which are generally preferred for use. It’s not a podunk airfield in rural China.

    • WarmSoda@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      8 months ago

      Thanks for the info. That’s crazy. They were smart enough to get a clean line to the engine, and so incredibly stupid they threw coins into it.

    • Pips@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      1·
      8 months ago

      But they still probably use buses on occasion. Also, it’s not exactly hard for a passenger to step through the little doors to the stairs at the end of the jetway, chuck a coin, then continue boarding.