Elderly Chinese Woman Grounds Flight After Throwing Change Into Engine For Good Luck

June 28, 2017

Photo: Twitter

Much like throwing uncooked rice at weddings is frowned upon because it will make birds explode after they eat it, throwing change into a plane’s engines is one of those things that will also chap a lot of people’s asses.

Especially those belonging to the authorities.

Elderly Chinese Woman Grounds Flight After Throwing Change Into Engine For Good Luck

According to The Huffington Post, a Chinese woman in her 80s learned that the hard way yesterday when she reportedly threw coins into one of the engines on a China Southern Airlines plane because she thought it would be good luck.

Well, if by “good luck” she meant grounding the plane for five hours while airline officials tried to sort out what was going on, then her wish came true.

China Southern Airlines flight from #Shanghai to #Guangzhou grounded for four hours after old lady throws coins into the engine pic.twitter.com/5Xwv2yVXqT

— CGTN (@CGTNOfficial) June 27, 2017

Only one of the coins the woman threw made it into the engine, but that was enough to delay the plane at Shanghai Pudong International Airport for five hours while she was detained by police.

It could always be worse. You could have a ticket on Spirit Airlines: Spirit Airlines Cancels A Bunch Of Flight, Chaos Ensues Immediately

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