A Chinese man threw coins into the plane’s engine “for good luck” and delayed the flight for several hours (2 photos + 1 video)
This is not the first time this has happened in China. There are strange ideas about luck there. 
A China Southern Airlines flight was delayed for more than four hours after a passenger threw several coins into the plane's engine. It is reported that the plane was supposed to depart from Sanya to Beijing on March 6 at 10 am. However, due to a superstitious passenger, he took off only at 14:16. But without the culprit of the delay. The police took him away.
In footage published by state television channels from inside the plane, a flight attendant interrogates a passenger about the number of coins thrown into the engine (she saw him throw something into the turbine). He replies that he threw from three to five pieces
The airline said technicians found all the coins thrown into the engine, without specifying how many. Following the incident, China Southern Airlines issued a warning on its official account on the popular Chinese social network Weibo about “uncivilized behavior” that could have dire consequences.
“Throwing coins into an aircraft poses a safety risk and will result in varying levels of punishment,” the statement said.
Cases of Chinese passengers throwing coins into airplane engines for good luck have happened quite often in recent years. Incidents happen several times every year. Interestingly, in 2017, an elderly man threw a dozen coins wrapped in red paper into the engine and, without blinking an eye, declared that it was a “prayer for a safe flight.” It is known that such passengers are usually punished with large fines. In 2020, a 28-year-old Chinese man was fined $17.2 thousand.
