Chinese police have detained a man over the weekend for smoking on a Thai AirAsia flight from Bangkok.

 

上周末，中国警方扣留了一名男子，该男子在亚洲航空公司从曼谷飞来的一架航班上抽烟。

 

The man, a 54-year-old Chinese national surnamed Wang, was apprehended¹ upon arrival of the flight FD568 in Hangzhou City, eastern Zhejiang Province Saturday night.

 

Wang admitted that he smoked in the toilet while the aircraft was in air. A cabin attendant smelt² the smoke and reported him to the captain, who alerted the airport police in Hangzhou.

 

Wang was punished to spend five days in detention³ for disturbing the order of public transport.

 

China has more than 300 million smokers⁴. There have been reports of Chinese on long-haul flights succumbing⁵ to urge to smoke.

 

Police warned that people who smoke in flight can be fined up to 5,000 yuan (735 U.S. dollars) and face detention.

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