By Kelsey Cheng For Mailonline
Published: 13:35 BST, 10 June 2019 | Updated: 13:35 BST, 10 June 2019
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An airport in south China has issued a notice warning passengers not to throw coins at planes for good luck, claiming that the superstitious act would jinx them instead.
The advisory was displayed on a screen near the security check area at the Phoenix International Airport in Sanya, Hainan Island around two weeks ago, according to Chinese reports, following a number of recent coin toss incidents at other airports across the country.
'Tossing coins at planes for good luck violates safety rules, jinxes your blessings and is illegal,' the notice read in Chinese.
In early April, a 31-year-old man was caught on camera tossing three coins from the jet bridge towards the plane engine for good luck at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Hubei
The advisory was displayed on a screen near the security check area at Phoenix International Airport in Sanya, Hainan Island around two weeks ago. 'Tossing coins at planes for good luck violates safety rules, jinxes your blessings and is illegal,' the notice read in Chinese
However, an English translation under the line read simply: 'It is illegal to throw money into an airplane to pray for good luck.'
An airport employee told China Youth Daily that the word 'jinx' was used as a 'playful reminder' to target superstitious passengers, who were more likely to pay attention to the word.
A staff member also told The Paper last Monday that the notice had been taken down and amendments were being made to the
