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Two passengers throw coins at plane for luck

Two passengers delayed a flight from Jinan, Shandong province, for two hours on Sunday after they threw coins at the plane for good luck, according to the Beijing News. The two women were detained at Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport following the incident, forcing nearly 260 passengers to be evacuated from the jet bound for Chengdu, Sichuan province. Airport staff found that the two passengers threw coins out of the air bridge of Lucky Air flight 8L9616 as they were boarding. The security staff members later found two yuan coins under the bridge. Last month, Lucky Air sued a 28-year-old male passenger who tossed coins at a jetliner's engine for a safe flight. Twice before, elderly Chinese travelers have been caught throwing coins into a plane's engine for good luck. Both were spared prosecution because of their age.

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