page_title: Zhengzhou Airport riot
hierarchical_section_title: Zhengzhou Airport riot
caption_attribution_description: 中文: 郑州新郑国际机场
context_page_description: The Zhengzhou Airport riot occurred on 5–6 February 2014. Passengers at the airport in Zhengzhou, capital of the Chinese province of Henan, angry over lengthy delays due to snowy weather, smashed computers at airline check-in counters and destroyed information kiosks. It has been estimated that as many as 2,000 people took part over two days before police were able to restore order.
  Some of the angry passengers had been waiting for as long as five days to catch flights back to their jobs in other cities after their annual trips to see family during the Chinese New Year holiday period. They were further frustrated by the lack of information from airline and airport staff while they waited. The mass incident highlighted the difficulties faced by China's commercial airline industry as more and more passengers choose to fly to their destinations; the airlines blamed the disorder on passengers' limited understanding of the nature of commercial aviation.
  After the riot, police did not report making any arrests, which outraged some commentators on Chinese social media. However, most of the public sympathized with their underlying complaints.
context_section_description: The Zhengzhou Airport riot occurred on 5–6 February 2014. Passengers at the airport in Zhengzhou, capital of the Chinese province of Henan, angry over lengthy delays due to snowy weather, smashed computers at airline check-in counters and destroyed information kiosks. It has been estimated that as many as 2,000 people took part over two days before police were able to restore order.
  Some of the angry passengers had been waiting for as long as five days to catch flights back to their jobs in other cities after their annual trips to see family during the Chinese New Year holiday period. They were further frustrated by the lack of information from airline and airport staff while they waited. The mass incident highlighted the difficulties faced by China's commercial airline industry as more and more passengers choose to fly to their destinations; the airlines blamed the disorder on passengers' limited understanding of the nature of commercial aviation.
  After the riot, police did not report making any arrests, which outraged some commentators on Chinese social media. However, most of the public sympathized with their underlying complaints. In the years since, Chinese authorities have moved to open up more of the country's airspace, largely under military control, to commercial flights.
caption: Interior of airport's terminal in July 2014, after riots
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