Posted on 04/27/2021 2:20:55 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Wang reportedly admitted having thrown six coins wrapped in red paper inside the plane's engine. A picture of the coins has now been shared online.
The incident reportedly took place at an airport in Weifang. A male passenger, identified with the last name Wang, was scheduled to fly from Weifang to Haiku on a Beibu Gulf Airlines flight GX8814 when he threw a handful of coins into the engine.
Fortunately, the staff was soon alerted about the coins in the engine after workers found coins on the ground during the pre-takeoff inspection.
The staff managed to recover all the coins but the flight had to be cancelled due to safety concerns. All 148 passengers were forced to do deboard and wait for another flight until the next morning.
Following the incident, WAng was detained by the police.
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He should have used bit coins
If he threw them into a non spinning fan, probably no big deal.
If he managed to get one into the core, big deal.
If he threw them into a non spinning fan, probably no big deal.
If he managed to get one into the core, big deal.
Turning compressor turbine blades into shrapnel.
The crew should substitute him for the coins.
Silly superstition.
https://www.foxnews.com/story/nepal-airline-sacrifices-two-goats-to-sky-god-in-face-of-aircraft-problems
What is the engine worth? Two million dollars at most.
I have heard this long ago, was done often.
It is called Fung Shui. A type of Geomancy.
The HK/Singaporean author Nury Vittachi wrote a really funny, very non PC series of books called “The Fung Shui Detective,” which absolutely skewered the belief. FUng Shui generally makes Astrology look good.
I remember those Wednesday afternoon choir classes.....
“Three coins in the airplane engine
Each coin looking for a home
Tearing up an aircraft engine
Let’s throw Wang out over Nome.”
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