Nervous About Flying? Throwing Stuff Into The Plane’s Engine For ‘Good Luck’ Is NOT THE ANSWER

I don’t get particularly nervous about flying.

There’s a much higher chance of getting in a car wreck every time you get into a vehicle – so I just sit back and trust my flight won’t be one of the very, very few that ends poorly.

This dude? Well… he took matters into his own hands. And it COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY BACKFIRED.

How STUPID can you be?!

According to Fox News: 

A Chinese airline is reportedly pressing charges against a passenger who threw coins at a plane engine ahead of a recent flight for “good luck.” The man’s actions allegedly caused roughly $21,000 in damages and delayed travel plans for 160-plus passengers, who were forced to wait until the following day to fly out.

In CHINA. Because OF COURSE.

Do people just AIM to be ridiculous there?

Officials at Anqing Tianzhushan Airport were shocked to find two one yuan coins on the ground near the left engine of a Lucky Air plane, TravelPulse reports. As noted by The Points Guy, small coins could cause great damage or total engine failure if they are sucked into an aircraft’s engine.

Those “good luck” coins could have spelled out DEATH.

Soon after the officials saw the coins, a 28-year-old man, identified only by his surname, Lu, admitted to tossing them at the plane’s engine as he boarded the aircraft for flight 8L9960, as per the South China Morning Post. According to the outlet, Lu threw the money at the aircraft for “luck.”

The flight was quickly canceled over security concerns, costing the airline nearly $21,000 and forcing the 162 other passengers to wait until the next day to depart for their destination in Kunming.

Meanwhile, Lu, who was traveling with his wife and child, is said to have been detained for seven days in relation to the offense, TravelPulse reports.

HE LITERALLY PUT HIS WIFE AND KID IN DANGER.  How are people this STUPID?!

But you know… you gotta do what you gotta do… MORON.