Police detain 3 men in latest Chinese air rage incidents
The Associated Press
Published Thursday, June 16, 2016 2:57AM EDT
An Air China passenger plane lands while two other Air China planes
wait to take off at Terminal 3 of the Beijing International Airport in
Beijing, China on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. (AP / Alexander F. Yuan)
BEIJING - Chinese police have detained a man over an attack on an
airline check-in clerk that left her lying in a pool of blood and
arrested two others who charged the cockpit as their flight was
taxiing for takeoff.
The incidents are the latest in a series of dangerous acts involving
Chinese airline travellers who have developed a reputation for
occasionally being difficult and sometimes violent.
A statement from the Civil Aviation Administration of China said two
men aboard a Hainan Airlines flight on Sunday 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, the CAAC said. They now face
criminal charges for obstruction, it said.
Another passenger was ordered detained for 10 days, fined and ordered
to pay compensation to the clerk whom he smashed across the head with
a brass plaque. Photos on Chinese websites showed the woman lying on
the floor behind the counter, blood from the head wound pooling
beneath her.
The man had apparently been enraged after the clerk told him she
couldn't print out his friend's travel itinerary without the man's ID
card - an example of the often trivial pretexts for much of the
violence. Perceived slights, flight delays, seating arrangements and
even bad food have also sparks arguments, while other bizarre
incidents include the opening of emergency exits on planes sitting on
the tarmac.
Hoping to discourage such acts, China's tourism administration has set
up a public accessible list of those involved in disruptive incidents
aboard planes and trains or at tourist sites.
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