# Airline passenger throws coin into airplane engine for good luck **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 29, 2017, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-passenger-throws-coin-into-airplane-engine-for-good-luck/790114 "2017-06-29T03:18:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-passenger-throws-coin-into-airplane-engine-for-good-luck/790114/41 "2017-06-30T16:15:44Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > How do you get a fountain into an engine? 😕 Practice! ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-passenger-throws-coin-into-airplane-engine-for-good-luck/790114/42 "2017-06-30T16:32:59Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > The correct word is “acromulescent”. Or, at least, should be. That’s just another adjective; I think the noun should be “incromulence.” ---
**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-passenger-throws-coin-into-airplane-engine-for-good-luck/790114/43 "2017-06-30T19:43:10Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > How do you get a fountain into an engine? 😕 Same method: Throw 9 at once and hope at least 1 makes it in…:eek: —G! ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-passenger-throws-coin-into-airplane-engine-for-good-luck/790114/44 "2017-06-30T20:44:07Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > That’s just another adjective; I think the noun should be “incromulence.” “‘Cromulence’ and ‘incromulence’ mean the same thing? What a country!” ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-passenger-throws-coin-into-airplane-engine-for-good-luck/790114/45 "2017-06-30T20:53:10Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > “‘Cromulence’ and ‘incromulence’ mean the same thing? What a country!” No, I was proposing ‘incromulence’ (rather than ‘non-cromulentude’) as the antonym of ‘cromulence’. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-passenger-throws-coin-into-airplane-engine-for-good-luck/790114/46 "2017-06-30T21:00:53Z")
Isn’t just like people to throw in their two cents where they aren’t welcome ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-passenger-throws-coin-into-airplane-engine-for-good-luck/790114/47 "2017-06-30T22:47:51Z")
One thing stood out to me in the story: > [@](#): > > According to Qiu’s neighbour, Qiu believes in Buddhism. As the fact-dissemination in this item was performed under the auspices of the Chinese government, the inclusion of this factoid makes me wonder if it was a sly dig about the foolishness of having any attachment to religion. Or is tossing money at a conveyance in an effort to ensure a successful journey a typically Buddhist practice? ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-passenger-throws-coin-into-airplane-engine-for-good-luck/790114/48 "2017-06-30T23:32:47Z")
> [@Trancephalic](#): > > Isn’t just like people to throw in their two cents where they aren’t welcome Money can’t solve all your problems. Actually it can just make things worse. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-passenger-throws-coin-into-airplane-engine-for-good-luck/790114/49 "2019-09-15T21:32:25Z")
Well, looks like it happened again this year, in February, in a separate incident as well. > **[Why Pilots Say 'Roger That'](https://www.travelandleisure.com/airlines-airports/why-do-pilots-say-roger-that)** > > While pilot lingo may sometimes seem bizarre, there’s actually a traceable history to phrases like “roger that.” ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-passenger-throws-coin-into-airplane-engine-for-good-luck/790114/50 "2019-09-16T16:17:06Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Well, looks like it happened again this year, in February, in a separate incident as well. > > [Airlines + Airports](https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-news/lucky-air-sues-passenger-who-threw-coins-plane-engine) I think it is funny that the chinese arline is called “Lucky Air.” _Lucky_ is one of the last things I want my airline to be described as. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-passenger-throws-coin-into-airplane-engine-for-good-luck/790114/51 "2019-09-18T09:42:04Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > As the fact-dissemination in this item was performed under the auspices of the Chinese government, the inclusion of this factoid makes me wonder if it was a sly dig about the foolishness of having any attachment to religion. Or is tossing money at a conveyance in an effort to ensure a successful journey a typically Buddhist practice? Yes, because Buddhism is not an “exclusive” religion, and most Buddhists happen to be more or less Animist. They name they give their religious character is Buddhist, they are so called by others, and their scientific (animist) beliefs include the idea that making an offering to physical embodyments like airplanes is both polite and wise. If it was /obvious/ that she must have been “Buddhist” to do something like that, it wouldn’t have been necessary to say so in the report. But it does offer an “explanation”, and readers like that. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-passenger-throws-coin-into-airplane-engine-for-good-luck/790114/52 "2019-09-18T09:55:55Z")
> [@Hermitian](#): > > I think it is funny that the chinese arline is called “Lucky Air.” > > _Lucky_ is one of the last things I want my airline to be described as. Better than _Unlucky_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-passenger-throws-coin-into-airplane-engine-for-good-luck/790114.md?page=2)