Recently a lady aboard a Xiamen Airlines flight from Beijing to Xiamen decided to break the drought and deploy the emergency slide before take off.
The reason?
She had heard the safety briefing and curious as to what it would do.
Unsurprisingly, the inflatable safety contraption shot out onto the runway, forcing the crew to evacuate all 113 passengers and delay the flight.
If only this dunderhead had tried to satisfy her curiosity about the effect of dropping a toaster in her bathtub the night before, she could've saved a lot of travelers a huge hassle.
The bright side is that unlike many tourist shenanigans in China, her antics did not go unpunished as the miscreant was removed from the flight and slapped with a lengthy flying ban. Oh, and she may have to cover the approximately 100,000RMB cost of retrieving the slide. Did that sate your curiosity, dummy?
Since the inception of the tourist blacklist, China has increasingly cracked down on unruly passengers, most recently banning another special egg from Air France for slapping a gate agent after she'd missed her flight.
So what should you pay attention to when you take a plane in China?
According to the regulations of Civil Aviation Administration of China(CAAC), passengers take the following illegal acts will be punished with a maximum of 30，000RMB or even detained.
✖ Use fake ID card/passport or fake air ticket to get aboard.
✖ Use other people’s ID card/passport or air ticket falsely to get aboard.
✖ To transport dangerous goods, contraband, and control items in air cargo.
✖ Take pictures or videos of the scene of airport security and refuse to correct.
May 10 this year, China Aviation Association announced 106 passengers has been on the blacklist of civil aviation, including the illegal behaviors as follow:
✖ Lie to carry bombs or control instruments.
✖ Refuse to being checked by the staffs and quarrel or even fight with them.
✖ Use the phone and disturb the cabin safety order when taking the plane.
✖ Rush into the control area, unauthorized access to the ramp.
✖ Open or want to open the aircraft safety door.
Source: CAACWebsite/shanghaiexpat
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