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A traveller has thrown coins into an aircraft turbine on the southern Chinese holiday island of Hainan, delaying the plane’s take-off by several hours. The passenger was taken away by airport police, the plane’s operator, Southern China Airlines, confirmed to Chinese state radio. The aircraft was due to fly from Sanya to Beijing on Wednesday morning. According to Chinese media reports, the passenger’s action caused a delay of almost four hours because the aircraft’s turbine had to be inspected. There has been something of a trend in recent years of air travellers in China throwing coins into t…

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