3 held over latest air rage incidents
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POLICE detained a man over an attack on a check-in clerk and arrested two others who charged the cockpit as their flight was taxiing for takeoff, the latest incidents in a growing tally of dangerous acts involving Chinese air travelers.
Perceived slights, flight delays, seating arrangements and even bad food have also sparked arguments, while other bizarre incidents include the opening of emergency exits on planes sitting on the tarmac.
A statement from the Civil Aviation Administration of China said two men on a Hainan Airlines flight last Sunday from the northern city of Datong to Chongqing demanded to be upgraded to business class as their flight was taxiing.
When told to remain seated, they fought with a member of the cabin crew and a passenger who tried to help, then pounded on the cockpit door. They continued to kick and punch after police boarded the flight and had to be removed in handcuffs. They now face criminal charges for obstruction.
On Tuesday, a passenger at the airport in the southern city of Shenzhen hit a Juneyao Airlines clerk on the head with a brass plaque.
Photographs posted online showed the woman lying on the floor behind the counter, blood flowing from a head wound.
The man is said to have become enraged after the clerk told him she couldn’t print out his friend’s travel itinerary without an ID card.
The man was ordered detained for 10 days, fined 500 yuan (US$76) and ordered to pay 4,900 yuan (US$745) compensation, the standard punishment for “interfering with the normal order of civil aviation transport,” the CAAC said
In a statement, Juneyao said it “strongly condemned all acts that harm the personal rights and interests of our employees. Juneyao will take all lawful measures to safeguard the legal rights of our employees.”
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