"Oh No" 13-Don Gold Bracelet Flushed by Mistake...Crew Scours Train Restroom to Find It

Gold Bracelet Falls Into Toilet During Chinese Train Journey
Maintenance Team Searches Bare-Handed...Recovered in 40 Minutes

A 13-don gold bracelet that fell into the toilet of a Chinese high-speed train restroom was safely recovered after a search by the maintenance team.

According to reports from China's Guangxi Daily and Sina.com on the 22nd, on February 21 at 5:36 p.m., passenger A, who was in Car No. 3 of high-speed train G928 traveling from West Kowloon in Hong Kong to Nanning in Guangxi Province, China, asked a crew member for help, saying that a "gold bracelet had fallen into the restroom and been flushed away."

Gold bracelet worth 13 don lost by passenger in restroom on Chinese high-speed train. Guangxi Daily

According to the reports, after using the restroom in the car, A flushed the toilet, during which the gold bracelet worn on the wrist snapped, fell into the bowl, and was flushed away. The bracelet weighed about 50 g (13 don) and was said to be worth around 12 million won. At the time, there were about 28 minutes left until A's scheduled stop.

Crew member Chai Sui assessed the situation and immediately instructed the maintenance engineer in charge to check the site. However, the sewage storage system of the train restroom is not a direct-flow structure, the water had already been flushed, and the train was in motion, making immediate retrieval difficult.

In response, the railway authorities temporarily closed the restroom in Car No. 3 and decided to launch a full-scale search after the train arrived at the maintenance depot.

At 8:28 p.m. that day, the Fuxing high-speed train entered the inspection shed at the Nanning rolling stock depot.

Yan Zike, who was in charge of maintenance, said, "There was a large volume of night maintenance work, so it was a race against time," adding, "We had to find the passenger's gold bracelet while also ensuring that the train could resume operation on schedule." That day, 50 trainsets were scheduled for maintenance, the largest volume since the opening of the Nanning rolling stock depot. Inspection revealed that the gold bracelet was inside the sewage storage tank.

A gold bracelet weighing about 48.75 grams (13 don) that went missing in the restroom of a Chinese high-speed train was returned to its owner after the maintenance team conducted a 40-minute search, Guangxi Daily reported.

After the train came to a complete stop, the maintenance team began the search by disassembling the lower cover and the tank. The internal space was narrow and poorly lit, making it difficult to use tools, so they ultimately had to work with their bare hands.

Changing angles as he checked the interior, Yan Zike reached deep inside with his arm to ensure no area was overlooked. The team succeeded in locating the gold bracelet in about 40 minutes.

The railway authorities are reportedly now in contact with A to carry out the handover procedures for the recovered item.

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