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January 14, 2008

China to Airlines: “You Better Not Crash during the Olympics!”

Filed under: Travel Safety, Airlines — Rick Seaney @ 11:16 am

No airline in its right mind ever wants a plane crash, but China is trying to make sure this doesn’t happen during its summer Olympic Games, so they’ve come up with an unusual strategy to avoid such unpleasantness: airlines that do crash will be stripped of domestic routes and new planes.

According to Bloomberg, it’s just one of China’s latest attempts to boost tourism. Beijing expects 1.5 million visitors this summer, and they want to impress them.

I guess a “no crash” policy is certainly one way to do that.

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