Chinese flight is cancelled after passenger throws coins into jet's engine for 'good fortune' before take-off
A man in China was detained by police after he was caught throwing coins into a jet's engine for good luck - a superstition that put the lives of the 148 passengers and crew in danger. The passenger, identified only as having the surname Wang, was scheduled to fly from Weifang to Haiku on a Beibu Gulf Airlines flight GX8814 when he tossed a handful of coins wrapped in red paper into the engine. Coins in a plane's engine can damage the blades or even cause a fire. Luckily, runway workers noticed the coins on the tarmac under the plane before it took off and alerted the aircraft's crew.
Source: dailymail.co.uk