Another misbehavior by Chinese tourists occurred on Saturday night, adding to the growing list of embarrassing incidents involving travelers from China.
Daily Star reported that a Hainan Airlines jet was delayed in departing by about four hours from the Beijing Capital International Airport. The long delay angered a lot of the passengers which a female Chinese passenger expressed her frustration by attacking a cabin crew.
She started the brawl which led other anger air travelers to follow and express their air rage by kicking and scratching each other. After the melee, the air carrier had five passengers aboard the delayed flight arrested.
One of those detained was a Chinese man who demanded that he be upgraded to business class while the plane was taxiing. A cabin crew told the unruly passenger to remain seated, but he fought the flight attendant and a passenger who attempted to help.
The man then pounded on the cockpit door, prompting the air carrier to call the police. But even if the police officer has boarded the plane, the male passenger continued to kick and punch that he was removed from the flight in handcuffs, reported Perthnow.
The unruly passengers are now charged for obstruction. Another male passenger was ordered detained for 10 days and compensate an airline clerk whom he hit on the head with a brass plaque. The female employee’s photo, shared over Chinese social media sites, showed her lying on the floor behind the counter with blood oozing from her head wound.
The man got angry at the female clerk because she refused to print out the travel itinerary of his friend without providing a copy of the friend’s ID.
Delayed departures are common place among planes leaving from China’s capital city. According to FligthStats, an aviation research firm, in 2013, 82 percent of jet leaving Beijing Capital airport were delayed.