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The Wong Way Home: China Travelers Open Emergency Exits to Protest Flight Delay
China Travelers Open Emergency Exits to Protest Flight Delay
BEIJING — Jan 11, 2015, 12:09 AM ET Upset by a delayed flight, at least two Chinese passengers decided to open emergency exit doors in protest as the plane was taxiing, forcing it to abort takeoff and landing them in jail instead, police said Sunday. The latest in a growing number of air rage cases involving Chinese travelers happened in the early hours of Saturday morning in the southwestern city of Chengdu, after the China Eastern flight was delayed by a snow storm. Angry passengers complained about the delay and a lack of ventilation, and a man surnamed Zhou opened three emergency exits to prevent the plane from taking off, forcing it to return to the gate, according to state broadcaster China Central Television. A total of 25 passengers ? all part of a single tour group ? were held for questioning while the rest continued on to Beijing aboard a separate flight. Kunming police said in an online statement that Zhou and a tour guide named Li have been placed under 15-day "administrative detention" for opening the doors and inciting passengers with false information. The plane's ventilation system had been turned off for 30 minutes during de-icing work to prevent fumes from entering the cabin, China Eastern maintenance engineer Zhu Yun told CCTV. Although the co-pilot had been dispatched to explain, passengers remained irate even after the plane left the gate, reports said. "Opening those doors was extremely dangerous because there was nothing to protect passengers from the force of the engines," Zhu said. China's fast growing air travel market is the world's second biggest, but heavy traffic and tight military control of airspace have given it the world's worst record for flight delays. Cancelations, delays and service complaints spark frequent incidents of air rage at airports and aboard flights, including those to and from foreign destinations. Brawls between passengers and attacks on crew are often filmed and posted online. Concerns over lengthy tarmac waits prompted U.S. aviation authorities to pass regulations in 2010 requiring planes to return to the gate after three hours. China's National Tourism Administration said it fully supported the police action and said it had ordered its Beijing and Kunming offices to carry out further investigations, suggesting more passengers could be implicated. The names of all those found to have been involved would be placed on a "national uncivilized traveler record," to be distributed to travel related businesses around the country, administration spokesman Zhang Jilin said in a statement. Names can remain on such lists for up to 18 months, during which travel agencies can decide whether or not to accept listed travelers. Zhang said travel agencies were responsible for informing their clients about acceptable behavior. |
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Upset with flight delay.....do something that causes even more flight delay. Alrighty then.
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I would do the same damn thing, setting on some runway that is shut down...WTF, let the passengers off to wander and eat/relax for christsakes, dumb bastards.....I read of folks tied up for 8 hours on the ground, that's bullshit....no one wants to make a damn decision, so everyone suffers, sounds like the freeking .gov to ME.....
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I've been on Chinese flights. The idiocy anD arrogance is simply amazing.
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I'll bet it felt gooder'n a mofo for about 100 milliseconds or so, though....
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Cokespew on the title!
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