Three Chinese air travelers
were arrested after a video showed them hitting, throwing food and verbally
abusing ground crew over a delayed flight, reports said on Tuesday.
Passengers leaving the
southern city of Changsha became angry when their flight to the tropical Hainan
island province was delayed on Monday.
Two
men and one female passenger shouted at the staff, and the woman threw a boxed
meal at a female ground staff member twice.
Later,
a male passenger slapped another staff member's face and beat her.
However,
police detained all three travelers.
The
rude behaviour of some Chinese tourists at home and abroad has sparked widespread embarrassment and calls for the government to step in.
In
December 2014, a flight attendant on a Thai AirAsia flight was scalded when a Chinese
tourist who was angry about not getting a receipt flung a pot of noodles in hot
water at her.
In
2015, Beijing began compiling a public black list of Chinese tourists who
behave badly in foreign countries.
