China’s civil aviation regulator has fined Shanghai Airport Authority $12,000 (80,000 yuan) over a teenage stowaway who managed to sneak on board an Emirates flight from China to Dubai.
The 16-year-old stowaway, Xu Xiaojun from southwest China’s Sichuan Province, was discovered in the cargo hold on arrival in the emirate nine hours later from Pudong International Airport. The teen had reportedly illegally boarded in a bid to make money begging in Dubai.
He was arrested at Dubai International, where he was detained before being repatriated to China.
Shanghai Airport Authority was fined $4,500 (30,000 yuan) over its failure to maintain the fences, eliminate safety risks and stop the invasion to the airport’s restricted area on time, according to a report in Shanghai Daily.
The country’s civil aviation regulator issued a further fine of $7,500 for failing to take effective protection to the aircraft berthing at the airport.
“The airport authority is found to have violated the civil aviation safety regulation after an investigation on the incident,” the East China Administration of China’s civil aviation regulator said.
In a statement to Shanghai Stock Exchange, the Shanghai Airport Authority said it has carried out its own inspection on the airport’s security and ensured the the safety risks have been improved.
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