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Impatient Passenger Deploys Airplane’s Emergency Slide to “Get Off The Plane Quicker”

Posted: 12/15/2014 10:30 am

emergency slide sanya airport  china easternOnly days after a Chinese couple threw boiling water at a flight attendant and threatened to blow up the plane, another case has emerged involving a Chinese passenger who has a hard time following the rules.

When China Eastern flight MU2331 from Xi’an arrived at Sanya Fenghaung International Airport in Hainan, a particularly impatient passenger decided to open an emergency exit, and in the process, deploy an emergency slide.

When questioned by authorities about why he opened the door, he responded: “to get off the plane quicker.” He claims he did not pay attention to the safety briefing at the beginning of the flight, and did not know to only use the emergency slide in case of emergency.

emergency slide sanya airport china easternAs a result of the incident, the return flight MU2332, scheduled to leave at 9:50pm, was delayed until 11:41pm.

Aviation experts say the cost to repair and replace the opened cabin door and emergency slide is approximately RMB 100,000 (over $16,000).

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Landslide Ravages Small Guizhou Village

Posted: 08/28/2014 2:21 pm

guizhou landslideA massive landslide in Guizhou Province has killed six people while 22 others remain missing, according to CCTV. It happened at around 8:30 last night (August 27) in the small village of Yingping, near the City of Fuquan.

Twenty-one people were hurt and sent to hospital, fortunately none with life threatening injuries. The landslide basically destroyed the village, razing 77 buildings.

Approximately 200 emergency rescue workers including military staff, the police and firefighters are on the site. Rescue worker are searching through the rubble and debris by hand.

According to local sources, the mountain has had frequent landslides in the past.

Photo: China News 

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Special Bus Windows in Guangzhou Break Themselves In Case of Emergency

Posted: 07/22/2014 12:04 pm

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Approximately 70 Guangzhou buses have been equipped with windows that break themselves in case of an emergency, reports Sina.

The automatic window breakers are controlled by the bus driver, who can destroy all of the windows on the bus with the flick of a switch. They take between 0.1 and 0.3 seconds to completely shatter. Guangzhou bus routes #205, #208 and #275 are the first to be equipped with the technology.

Hopefully the breakers will help prevent incidents like the one that occurred earlier this month, when a disgruntled man with gambling debts set fire to a Guangzhou bus, causing two fatalities and 35 injuries.

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Photos: CRI

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Record Rainfall Floods Shenzhen [PICTURES, UPDATED]

Posted: 05/12/2014 10:10 am

shenzhen flooding rain fall precipitation bad weather guangdong disasterShenzhen has been hit with flooding and service disruptions throughout the city after experiencing its strongest rainfall since June 13, 2008.

No reprieve from the rain is expected at the moment as the local weather forecast expects rainfall to continue for the next 24 hours.

Over 150 roads and 20 areas of Shenzhen have been flooded; 10 of those areas expected to be qualified as “disaster zones”.

An estimated 2000 cars have been rendered immobile due to the flooding. Due to the flooding of approximately 400 tracks, over 5458 public buses and trams have been put out of commission.

Shenzhen has issued sporadic red alert weather warnings since the rainfall first began on May 8. Shenzhen’s Longhua District recorded a rainfall of 430.7 mm, while a rainfall of over 100 millimeters within three hours on Sunday afternoon paralyzed traffic throughout the city.

At this time, the Hong Kong Observatory has repealed the red alert warning issued yesterday May 11 at 9:50pm. shenzhen flooding rain fall precipitation bad weather guangdong disaster

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Photos: CFP via CRI, People’s Daily via Weibo, Caijing via Weibo, Shenzhen Evening Report via Weibo

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[Updated] Smoke billows from Onelink Apartments in Guangzhou

Posted: 07/24/2012 11:24 am

Those in downtown Guangzhou may have noticed smoke billowing out of the top few floors of Onelink Walk International Apartments this morning.

The Nanfang was contacted by a resident of the apartments, who notified us that smoke was smelled in the building’s hallway at about 8:30am today. The couple in the suite then took the stairwell to the basement, where doors were padlocked shut.  At no time did the fire alarm sound or were the emergency exit lights illuminated.

Eventually a fireman appeared who lead them to safety, however many complained that the exit doors were locked.  Our source said he saw a couple of people taken away by ambulance, including one person on a stretcher.

Update: 11:57am

We’ve been told the situation is now under control, but several fire trucks remain at the scene.  In the photos below, you can see the front of Onelink Apartments and also staff clearing some of the damage from the Zara shop in the Onelink Shopping Mall.

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