An 80-year-old Chinese grandma tossed a coin straight into the turbine of a jet aircraft on Tuesday, causing a five-hour flight delay on a China Southern Airlines flight out of Shanghai.
The lady, surnamed Qiu, threw coins at the airplane for luck, Shanghai police said. She has no criminal history.
Police officers found eight coins on the ground near the airplane and found one inside the Airbus 320 engine. A coin inside a jet engine could cause catastrophic damage.
Aircraft maintenance staff inspect the engine of an Airbus A320 jet for coins.
