In the process of boarding the flight, the passenger Liu Qiang (pseudonym) threw two coins in the direction of the aircraft fuselage, resulting in the cancellation of the flight. Therefore, Liu Qiang was administratively detained by the police for 10 days, and then the airline sued Liu Qiang to the court for compensation of more than 120000 yuan.
The judgment document network recently announced the first instance judgment of the case. Finally, after trial, the court ruled that Liu Qiang compensated the airline for more than 120000 yuan. The reporter of Beiqing daily found that there have been many coin throwing incidents to aircraft in recent years. In this regard, insiders said that there are serious safety hazards in coin throwing, which may lead to the damage and loss of power of the whole engine.
The reporter of Beiqing daily found that the incident of throwing coins to the plane has occurred many times. For the motivation of coin tossing, in many events that have occurred, the parties mostly said that they were for 'Blessing'.
In September 2019, Wang, a 23-year-old female student who graduated from a medical university and was preparing for postgraduate entrance examination, dropped a coin on the apron when she got off the plane in order to 'avoid disasters and pray for blessings'. She said that her cousin's child had diarrhea on the plane. She thought that there was a saying in her hometown that throwing coins could avoid disasters and pray for blessings. She didn't know that it was an illegal act. Finally, Wang was fined 200 yuan.
In April 2019, Nanning Bangkok flight of China Southern Airlines was delayed due to passengers throwing coins under the plane. Later, the passenger was detained by the public security organ according to law. The passenger claimed to be flying for the first time. In order to pray, he threw six coins at the connection between the cabin door and the corridor bridge. Finally, all the coins were found. After inspection, the plane delayed taking off for 78 minutes. Airlines remind passengers not to have feudal superstition, to abide by aviation safety regulations and not to throw things.
In April 2019, a 66 year old man threw six coins in the direction of the engine when taking a plane at Hohhot Baita International Airport due to superstition and prayer. The crew immediately called the police and inspected the plane. Finally, after the flight was delayed for 2 hours, other passengers took other planes. After investigation, the police of the airport public security branch finally determined that the passengers had thrown six coins into the plane, and all the coins had been recovered.
Also in April 2019, at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport, a man listened to his mother-in-law and threw three coins at the aircraft engine to pray for blessings. The man was then sentenced to administrative detention for 10 days.
Beiqing daily once reported that an aviation engineer explained that the engine, as the core component and power source of the aircraft, is extremely important. The engine cannot effectively withstand the attack of metal hard objects. Once substances similar to coins are inhaled, because the air flow continues to enter the engine, the coins will first damage the external blades, and they will also be broken into several particles, which will continue to damage the internal blades, eventually leading to the damage of the whole engine, which may cause engine failure and fire, and finally lose power, It will cause serious potential safety hazards.
Zhang Qihuai, chief expert of China Aviation legal service center, said that the aircraft engine is turbine. If there is any metal, even sand, in the process of high-speed rotation, the turbine blades of the engine may be damaged and broken, and even cause the engine to catch fire, the oil pipe to crack and the engine to stop, seriously endangering aviation safety. Coins cause greater damage to the engine. After entering, they will get stuck in many places and cause mechanical failure. If coins are broken into particles, it will lead to many unimaginable safety problems.
Zhang Qihuai said it was illegal to throw coins at the plane. Disturbing the order on buses, trams, trains, ships, aircraft or other public transport in accordance with the provisions of Article 23 of the law on administrative penalties for public security; Those who illegally intercept or forcibly board or pick up motor vehicles, ships, aircraft or other means of transport, affecting the normal operation of means of transport, shall be given a warning or fined not more than 200 yuan; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be detained for not less than 5 days but not more than 10 days and may also be fined not more than 500 yuan. In addition, passengers shall also be liable for the economic losses caused by coin tossing.