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Tossing Coins Into Jet Engines For Good Fortune

Mythopoeika

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40421811
Coins thrown into plane engine by elderly passenger for 'luck'
A superstitious elderly passenger delayed a flight in Shanghai after throwing coins at the engine for good luck, a Chinese airline has confirmed.
The 80-year-old woman threw her change at the China Southern Airlines flight as she crossed the tarmac to board.
She told police she launched the coins as she "prayed for safety" on Tuesday.
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Elderly flight passenger throws coins into engine for ‘luck’, delays take-off for hours
PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 27 June, 2017, 7:35pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 28 June, 2017, 4:29

A flight from Shanghai to Guangzhou was delayed after an elderly woman passenger was suspected of throwing coins into the plane’s engine to ensure “good luck”, mainland media reported.

China Southern Airlines Flight 380 was held up at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport after an elderly woman passenger caused a disruption, according to the airline’s official WeChat account. An investigation into the incident is under way.

Passengers boarding the flight reportedly saw an elderly woman throwing coins at the engine for “blessings” from the middle of the boarding staircase and alerted the crew.

Ground staff said the woman, who appeared to be about 80 and had limited mobility, was accompanied by her husband, daughter and son-in-law.

After maintenance crew inspected the aircraft, they found nine coins in one engine.

The captain was quoted as saying the metal, if sucked up by the engine, could have caused serious damage, including failure. ...

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/soci...assenger-throws-coins-engine-luck-delays-take
 
If she keeps that up she wont be getting a lot older.
 
ramonmercado said:
Elderly flight passenger throws coins into engine for ‘luck’, delays take-off for hours
PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 27 June, 2017, 7:35pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 28 June, 2017, 4:29

A flight from Shanghai to Guangzhou was delayed after an elderly woman passenger was suspected of throwing coins into the plane’s engine to ensure “good luck”, mainland media reported.

China Southern Airlines Flight 380 was held up at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport after an elderly woman passenger caused a disruption, according to the airline’s official WeChat account. An investigation into the incident is under way.

Passengers boarding the flight reportedly saw an elderly woman throwing coins at the engine for “blessings” from the middle of the boarding staircase and alerted the crew.

Ground staff said the woman, who appeared to be about 80 and had limited mobility, was accompanied by her husband, daughter and son-in-law.

After maintenance crew inspected the aircraft, they found nine coins in one engine.

The captain was quoted as saying the metal, if sucked up by the engine, could have caused serious damage, including failure. ...

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/soci...assenger-throws-coins-engine-luck-delays-take
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More coins in the engines.

A 66-year-old woman passenger was escorted off a Tianjin Airlines flight in northern China for throwing coins into a plane engine for good luck as she boarded, the carrier said on Monday.

The flight between the Inner Mongolian cities of Hohhot and Chifeng was expected to take off soon after 8am on Monday, but was delayed by more than two hours as staff searched for the coins and moved the remaining passengers to another aircraft.

“To eliminate any hidden risks and to ensure flight safety, Tianjin Airlines quickly decided to notify passengers to change aircraft at 8.17am. At 8.40am they had all changed to the new aircraft, and the flight took off from [Hohhot Baita International Airport] at 10.06am,” the airline said.

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/soc...ounds-plane-after-another-lucky-coin-toss-jet
 
A Chinese man who was flying for the first time has been fined for throwing "good luck" coins into a plane's engine.

In court, Lucky Air said the incident had cost it more than $17,600.
Mr Lu argued in court that the airline should have warned passengers not to throw coins at planes.
It's not the first time superstitious passengers have been caught throwing coins at plane engines.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50979485
 
Tribble said:
A Chinese man who was flying for the first time has been fined for throwing "good luck" coins into a plane's engine.

In court, Lucky Air said the incident had cost it more than $17,600.
Mr Lu argued in court that the airline should have warned passengers not to throw coins at planes.
It's not the first time superstitious passengers have been caught throwing coins at plane engines.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50979485
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What an idiot. He could have killed everyone.
 
PeteS said:
Some people seem to be born stupid.
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Thing is though, this is a special sort of stupidity that people learn and can choose to unlearn; it's superstition.

If someone wants to indulge their irrationality in private that's up to them but endangering others with it is not on.
 
Man who threw 'lucky' coins into plane engine fined

Source: BBC News online
Date: 3 January, 2020

A Chinese man who was flying for the first time has been fined for throwing "good luck" coins into a plane's engine.

The 28-year-old was ordered to pay $17,200 (£13,100) in compensation to the budget airline - called Lucky Air.

The plane was grounded after the coins were found near one of its engines.

Lu Chao admitted throwing the coins as he boarded an internal flight at Anqing Tianzhushan Airport in eastern China in February 2019.

[...]

Mr Lu argued in court that the airline should have warned passengers not to throw coins at planes.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50979485
 
Comfortably Numb said:
Man who threw 'lucky' coins into plane engine fined

Source: BBC News online
Date: 3 January, 2020

A Chinese man who was flying for the first time has been fined for throwing "good luck" coins into a plane's engine.

The 28-year-old was ordered to pay $17,200 (£13,100) in compensation to the budget airline - called Lucky Air.

The plane was grounded after the coins were found near one of its engines.

Lu Chao admitted throwing the coins as he boarded an internal flight at Anqing Tianzhushan Airport in eastern China in February 2019.

[...]

Mr Lu argued in court that the airline should have warned passengers not to throw coins at planes.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50979485
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Mr Lu's a prat.
 
Mythopoeika said:
Now they'll have to put up big signs or something.
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"Mr Lu argued in court that the airline should have warned passengers not to throw coins at planes".

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Courtesy of a screenshot from:

https://www.safetysigns4less.co.uk/page/download-catalogue
 
The superstition doesn't seem to be limited to old persons.

This March 2019 incident involves two coin-throwers, neither of whom was elderly.
2 Women Detained After Throwing Coins at Plane in China

(Un-)Lucky Air was recently hit with another case of superstitious passengers tossing coins at a plane that was preparing for takeoff, according to a popular Jinan-based Weibo account.

The incident occurred on the evening of March 10, when two female passengers were noticed throwing ‘something’ from the departure gate towards Flight 8L9616, which was traveling from Jinan to Chengdu.

South China Morning Post reports that the two women were immediately taken into custody after it was revealed that each had thrown a single RMB1 coin at the plane for ‘good luck.’ The coins were later discovered under the boarding steps.

According to one passenger, the women appeared to be in their 20s or 30s and were escorted off the aircraft by the police. Ecns reports that the women were detained for their stupid behavior, although it is unclear whether they will face charges.

The flight to Chengdu, which was originally scheduled to leave at 8pm, did not takeoff until 10.02pm.

It’s been less than a month since the last reported case of this idiocy, when a 28-year-old man threw coins towards the engine of Lucky Air Flight 8l9960 from Anhui to Kunming.
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SOURCE: https://www.thatsmags.com/china/post/27196/lucky-air-needs-more-luck
 
This March 2019 item attempts to explain the source of this coin-tossing phenomenon.

Interestingly ... This author claims it's not an old / native Chinese superstition, but an adoption / mutation of the western superstition of throwing coins (e.g.) into a fountain for good luck.
Why Do Chinese People Keep Throwing Coins into Plane Engines?

There have been at least four incidents of passengers throwing coins into or towards plane engines since 2017, with the most recent occurring on March 10.

The bizarre, reoccurring episodes have sparked a discussion online as to what exactly is going through someone’s head when they decide to toss a piece of metal into a highly complex machine, especially a machine that people’s lives depend on.

There have been several Weibo blogs and articles published that discuss this topic and the most common word to appear in relation to the phenomenon of throwing coins at plane engines is ‘luck’ (祈福).

The first major incident of engine-targeted coin throwing (that we’ve come across, anyway) occurred back in June of 2017, when an 80-year-old Buddhist woman tossed nine coins at the engine of China Southern Airlines flight CZ380. In the wake of this debacle, numerous media outlets, including the Telegraph and the Independent, noted the woman’s Buddhist faith and that the passenger was superstitious.

But with an estimated 488 million Buddhists worldwide, according to the Pew Research Center, shouldn’t these episodes be occurring more frequently? Well, it turns out that throwing coins in general is not a Buddhist tradition. According to a prominent WeChat blog (国家人文历史), the coin-tossing superstition has been borrowed from the Western tradition of throwing coins into fountains to bring good luck.

How exactly the jump was made from coins in ponds to coins in aircraft engines is not exactly clear, but what is apparent is that a small percentage of misguided Chinese air travelers (we found zero evidence of this phenomenon occuring in other countries) believe throwing a circular piece of metal into a jet engine will bring good luck. And that, we reckon, is rather silly.
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SOURCE: https://www.thatsmags.com/china/post/27209/why-are-people-throwing-coins-into-plane-engines
 
Well, she'd have been lucky to survive admittedly... Srsly, that is so primitive and superstitious.
 
GNC said:
How about breaking your way into the cockpit and wresting control of the plane from the pilot? With your God on your side, what could go wrong?
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If I had written that I think I might have been banned again LMAO.
 
and again.

A gentleman scheduled to fly on a Guangxi Biebu Gulf Airlines flight from Weifang to Haikou, China was detained when staff was alerted that he had tossed coins wrapped in red paper into the plane's engine for "good luck." Fortunately, runway workers noticed coins on the tarmac under the plane's engine before it took off. From Times Now News:

The staff managed to recover all the coins but the flight had to be cancelled due to safety concerns. All 148 passengers were forced to do deboard and wait for another flight until the next morning. Following the incident, Wang was detained by the police.
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This isn't the first time that someone threw coins at a plane's engine in China. ...
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https://boingboing.net/2021/04/27/f...ng-coins-into-plane-engine-for-good-luck.html
 
I'm going to stab the pilot to ensure a safe flight :)
 
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