BEIJING - Li, the Chinese tycoon, has a private airport illegally. Not only do not pay taxes on its airport, but flights were conducted from the airport can be dangerous for another flight. Newly revealed his service after his helicopter fell.
Last week, Li purchased helicopters for CNY 1 million (USD 2.09 billion) can not be controlled and fell in a reservoir in the eastern province of Anhui. Li himself survived.
However, a passenger who was aged 25 years died. As a result of this incident, local journalists finally learned that the helicopter crash site near the airport there is illegal.
In the airport area of 20 thousand square meters belongs to Li, there are three helipads, along the 400-meter runway, pool and cabins. Around the airport there is barbed wire to prevent people from entering.
'' Each side wall in the cabin of aircraft and in the bottom picture pool club logo flying, '' wrote the Global Times Thursday (26/3).
Until yesterday unknown punishment given to Li for having an illegal airport and fly illegally anyway. However, some local media said that the airport belongs to the head manager of the construction machinery company will be destroyed in the next few weeks.
In recent years, private ownership of the airport by the Chinese tycoon is rising sharply. However airspace controlled by the military and private flight license is very difficult.
Presumably this is what makes a lot of Chinese billionaires have the airport without permission. Currently only a few hundred people who had registered his private airport.
The difficulty of licensing that makes illegal flights from airports that are not registered increasingly prevalent. Usually the rich pay to certain parties for the privilege to be able to use a helicopter or aircraft belonging to them.
In China alone, the pilot who flew the plane caught illegally fined up to CNY 100 thousand (USD 210 million).
Chinese Government's own plans to open a low-cost air lines. Ie maximum height thousand meters above the ground. The plan will be implemented this year, but did not say when.
Last week, Li purchased helicopters for CNY 1 million (USD 2.09 billion) can not be controlled and fell in a reservoir in the eastern province of Anhui. Li himself survived.
However, a passenger who was aged 25 years died. As a result of this incident, local journalists finally learned that the helicopter crash site near the airport there is illegal.
In the airport area of 20 thousand square meters belongs to Li, there are three helipads, along the 400-meter runway, pool and cabins. Around the airport there is barbed wire to prevent people from entering.
'' Each side wall in the cabin of aircraft and in the bottom picture pool club logo flying, '' wrote the Global Times Thursday (26/3).
Until yesterday unknown punishment given to Li for having an illegal airport and fly illegally anyway. However, some local media said that the airport belongs to the head manager of the construction machinery company will be destroyed in the next few weeks.
In recent years, private ownership of the airport by the Chinese tycoon is rising sharply. However airspace controlled by the military and private flight license is very difficult.
Presumably this is what makes a lot of Chinese billionaires have the airport without permission. Currently only a few hundred people who had registered his private airport.
The difficulty of licensing that makes illegal flights from airports that are not registered increasingly prevalent. Usually the rich pay to certain parties for the privilege to be able to use a helicopter or aircraft belonging to them.
In China alone, the pilot who flew the plane caught illegally fined up to CNY 100 thousand (USD 210 million).
Chinese Government's own plans to open a low-cost air lines. Ie maximum height thousand meters above the ground. The plan will be implemented this year, but did not say when.