# Tossing coins into jet engines

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tossing-coins-into-jet-engines/835027>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 4, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tossing-coins-into-jet-engines/835027 "2019-06-04T17:52:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tossing-coins-into-jet-engines/835027/1 "2019-06-04T17:52:06Z")

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This apparently [has become a problem in China](http://www.ecns.cn/news/society/2019-06-04/detail-ifziupva1115974.shtml).

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> Coin tossers have been frequently found in recent years.  
> The Beijing News reported 10 such cases in the first half of the year. Most of them just tossed coins in a plane’s engine for good luck.

It boggles the mind that this could come to be considered a way to create good luck.

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tossing-coins-into-jet-engines/835027/2 "2019-06-04T17:54:35Z")

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Creates good luck for the compressor blade repair guy.

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tossing-coins-into-jet-engines/835027/3 "2019-06-04T18:42:47Z")

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> [@Xema](#):
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> It boggles the mind that this could come to be considered a way to create good luck.

China has [vast](https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/2101412/39-times-tourists-were-caught-behaving-badly) [numbers](https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/05/08/405183120/beijing-clamps-down-on-chinese-tourists-behaving-badly) of country hicks that now have some spending money. Think _The Beverly Hillbillies_ writ small.

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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tossing-coins-into-jet-engines/835027/4 "2019-06-04T18:56:56Z")

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…but numerous.