The 28-year-old was ordered to pay $17,200 (£13,100) in compensation to the budget airline - called Lucky Air. The plane was grounded after the coins were found near one of its engines. Lu Chao admitted throwing the coins as he boarded an internal flight at Anqing Tianzhushan Airport in eastern China in February 2019. He appeared in court in July but the ruling was only recently made public. The flight was cancelled after staff spotted two 1 yuan coins on the ground near one of the plane's jet engines. Safety checks were carried out, leaving passengers stranded while replacement flights were arranged.
