Following the Chinese New Year, Yan Linkun, a mining company executive and member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Committee (CPPCC), a government advisory board, arrived at Kunming Changshui airport, in Yunnan province, to catch a flight back to Guangzhou with his wife and two children, reports Time.
But the family arrived too late, and missed their plane. Yan decided to use the two-hour wait for the next flight to treat his family to a leisurely breakfast. But on returning to the boarding gate they discovered that they had missed the second flight as well, reports the Daily Telegraph.
That was when Yan flew into a tantrum, first reportedly arguing with airport staff and then smashing a keyboard on a desk and destroying two computer monitors – all caught on security cameras, added the Time report.
Yan has been suspended by the mining company and the CPPCC has threatened punishment, reports the Guardian.