Chinese pilot grounded after unauthorised cockpit guest’s photos go viral online

Air Guilin handed a lifetime ban to a pilot who allowed a female student to visit the cabin during a flight. The incident occurred in January but a picture taken in the cockpit resurfaced on social media this week. — SCMP

A Chinese pilot has been banned from flying for life for allowing a young woman to visit the cockpit.

The incident happened on an Air Guilin flight 10 months ago, but the photos taken by the woman – later identified as Chen Yuying, a student who planned to become a flight attendant after graduation – only went viral on Sunday.