The couple reportedly knocked down several airline employees to run along the gangway leading to the plane after the gate was shut.
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The pair were late for their Air China flight at Beijing Capital Airport on September 14 and airport staff refused to let them on board, reports the People’s Daily Online.
Negotiations … Police and ground crew spent 20 minutes talking the couple away from the plane Taking off …
The South China Morning Post reports that a Chinese couple arrived 20 minutes late for their flight to Shanghai over the weekend.
The airport staff and security officials tried talking to her and getting her off the runway but to no avail.
The woman demanded that she and her husband be allowed to board the aircraft even if the boarding bridge had already been detached from the aircraft.
They had to be eventually removed from the runway by the police. The duo was arrested, but not before the man was forced to drag the woman out from underneath the aircraft.
The passengers missed the flight because they failed to hear the boarding broadcast and were still waiting at the terminal building when the boarding ended, according to Air China. Airport police put the woman and her husband in detention five days.
‘Ignoring the intervention, they insisted on boarding the aircraft.
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According to Chinese law, severe violators like them who block runways or disrupt flight departures can be detained for five to 10 days and fined 500 yuan (S$103).
