Chinese Official Freaks Out After Missing His Flight

traveller-rage-kunming-airportYou know what you should do at an airport when you miss your flight? You should freak out and go on a rampage, destroying everything in your path. Okay, that’s not what you should do. But a Chinese official thought that was the right thing to do after missing his flight recently.

Yan Linkun, a deputy chairman of the state-owned Yunnan Mining Corporation, was caught on video smashing two computers, along with a few other items in his path, at Kunming Airport. The day started out well for Linkun – he arrived at the airport in plenty of time and decided to have a leisurely breakfast with his sons. It seems that they spent a little too much time over their food, because they arrived too late to board. He had his flight switched to 1 pm, but he managed to miss that one as well. And that’s when he had a meltdown.

Watch the video below and you’ll see Linkun going into Hulk mode, smashing computer monitors and trying to break the glass doors with a signboard. Security just let him throw a tantrum, and it turns out he wasn’t arrested.

As a result of the video, Linkun has been suspended from his job. He has since apologized for his actions.

Have you ever been angry enough to fly into “airport rage?” Have you ever witnessed it? Leave us your story or thoughts in the comments section below.

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About Amy Tokic

A huge fan of free Wi-Fi in airport lounges, Amy Tokic usually fills the 3-hour wait time before her flight leaves by catching up on her writing assignments. She misses those little packages of peanuts they used to give out on flights and doesn’t mind sitting in the aisle seat. Amy likes writing about the sordid underbelly of airport intrigue with strange and usual stories that probably won’t make the 6 o’clock news.

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