Civil aviation authorities are reminding airline passengers to respect and follow security regulations at airports and onboard aircraft.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China's notice on Wednesday night follows a rash of incidents in recent weeks involving disruptive behavior on Chinese airlines.
The notice stipulated 11 behaviors that are strictly prohibited. Among them are blocking and creating disturbances at check-in counters, entering the tarmac or runway without authorization, and damaging airport security facilities.
Also forbidden is smoking on planes, occupying a seat for which one doesn't have a ticket, intimidating or assaulting crew members, opening the emergency hatch without permission, carrying dangerous articles, and fabricating false terrorism-related information.
Those who engage in such behavior will be fined, detained or placed under criminal investigation, the notice said.
Since late July, authorities have reported 15 incidents of disruptive behavior by passengers, the administration said.
Most recently, a male passenger aboard a China Southern Airlines flight about to take off on Aug 7 from Shenzhen, Guangdong province, for Yinchuan, capital of the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, was found to be using a cellphone. Flight attendants asked the passenger to power off the device, but the man refused and insulted the attendants.
The captain returned the plane to the tarmac and reported the incident to police. The man was given a 10-day administrative detention.
On July 26, a man brought a cigarette lighter, a machete and gasoline aboard a Shenzhen Airlines flight from Taizhou, Zhejiang province, to Guangzhou, Guangdong, and allegedly attempted to start a fire and damage the aircraft as it was landing in Guangzhou. The man allegedly injured two passengers who were helping cabin crew subdue him. The case is under investigation.
This is not the first time the aviation administration has pledged to regulate passengers' behavior at airport and while onboard jetliners.
Since the end of last year, the administration has warned several times that it would create a blacklist of badly behaving passengers. Being on the list would adversely affect their ability to book flights in the future.
