March 6

Some netizens said that the flight from Sanya to Beijing

China Southern Airlines Flight CZ8805

Because a passenger threw a coin into the engine when boarding the plane

Causing aircraft delays

3月7日，China Southern Airlines Customer Service表示

The aircraft was indeed delayed due to public safety issues

"The police had already been reported to the police at that time."

Screenshot of Sanya Phoenix Airport website

A video posted by netizens mentioned that China Southern Airlines flight CZ8805 from Sanya Phoenix Airport to Beijing Daxing Airport on March 6 was delayed due to passengers throwing coins at the engine, and the flight attendant in the cabin was explaining to other passengers.

According to the official website of Sanya Phoenix Airport, flight CZ8805 is scheduled to take off at 10 a.m. on March 6, but the actual departure time is 2:17 p.m. that day.

The Fei Changzhun APP showed that the boarding of flight CZ8805 ended at 9:57 a.m. on the 6th, and was boarded by a shuttle bus. The flight finally arrived in Beijing at 5:36 p.m. on the 6th, which was about 4 hours later than planned.

On March 7, China Southern Airlines customer service staff stated that the reason for the flight delay was a "public safety" issue. The matter had been reported to the police at that time and handed over to the police for handling."The passenger dropped a coin into the plane."

该客服人员介绍，The flight was delayed by more than 200 minutes，“出于安全考量，要检查有无别的安全隐患。”

据大象新闻报道，南航客服人员也表示，在上客期间地面工作人员发现有旅客投掷硬币的行为，The coin has been found and the passenger who threw the coin has been transferred to the public security organ。

netizens said:

It's too dangerous. It is recommended to ban flights for life

In recent years, aircraft coin-coin incidents have occurred frequently

• On October 29, 2023, the crew of China Southern Airlines Flight CZ3121 found two coins in the area near the belly of the aircraft. As a result, the flight was delayed for more than three hours. The passengers involved were also transferred to the public security organs;

• On June 27, 2017, an 80-year-old woman threw a coin for safety, causing a delay of more than five hours on China Southern Airlines 'flight from Shanghai to Guangzhou, and nearly 150 passengers were stranded in Pudong;

• On February 17, 2019, a man threw a coin at the engine of a flight from Anqing to Kunming, causing the flight to be cancelled. The man was administratively detained for 10 days and was sentenced to compensate the airline more than 120,000 yuan.

Reminder from Guangzhou Baiyun Airport (Photo by Gu Yu on CCTV)

In addition to facing police detention, the person involved may also face compensation from the airline for throwing coins at the plane. According to airline staff, if the coin is sucked into the core of the engine, it is likely to collide with the blades of the engine rotating at high speed, which can easily cause the engine to stall or even stop running, resulting in tragedy. After relevant staff learned that coins had entered the aircraft engine, they had to stop flying for inspection. If you don't know the number and location of the coins, or if the coins are positioned too close to the inside, you can only remove some parts of the engine for inspection, and the cost incurred in this process may be tens of thousands of yuan.

China Southern Airlines specifically reminds passengers that they must abide by civil aviation laws and regulations when flying and prohibit behaviors that endanger aviation safety.