Unruly passenger incidents rising again, FAA data shows

airline passengers are misbehaving a lot. People are refusing to wear masks or physically assaulting flight attendants, among other things, at an alarming rate in 2021. In fact, airlines have reported almost 4000 incidents of these 600 have been investigated. This has doubled the number of incidents investigated in 2019 and 2020 combined, 75% of the 4000 incidents reported where people who refuse to wear a mask on board business Insider reports that the Federal Aviation Administration began cracking down on disorderly passengers due to the rise in incidents that happened after the pandemic. They've proposed a combined $100,000 in fines for four passengers who didn't want to follow the rules. The FAA. Has also sent us airports letters asking them to ban travelers from bringing to go cocktails from airport bars on aircrafts. The Washington post reports that the F. A. A. Has asked police to hold passengers accountable. However, the F. A. A. Has no authority to file criminal charges.

Unruly passenger incidents are rising again, new Federal Aviation Administration numbers show.FAA figures released Tuesday show more disruptions on commercial flights in the past week than any week in the past two and a half months.The FAA says there were 128 new incidents reported by flight crews, bringing this year's total to 4,626 incidents. The new number is the highest weekly figure since the FAA started releasing weekly data on July 20.About 72% of issues in the past week were over the federal transportation mask mandate, figures show.The FAA adopted a zero-tolerance policy for unruly, sometimes violent passengers on board flights earlier this year.The agency has proposed more than $1 million in fines against unruly airline passengers this year.One $45,000 fine announced in August was against a passenger accused of throwing his luggage at another passenger and, while lying on the aisle floor, "grabbing a flight attendant by the ankles and putting his head up her skirt."Another passenger would not wear his face mask, the FAA, said, and "acted as though his hand was a gun and made a 'pew, pew' noise as if he was shooting a fellow passenger."

Unruly passenger incidents are rising again, new Federal Aviation Administration numbers show.

FAA figures released Tuesday show more disruptions on commercial flights in the past week than any week in the past two and a half months.

The FAA says there were 128 new incidents reported by flight crews, bringing this year's total to 4,626 incidents. The new number is the highest weekly figure since the FAA started releasing weekly data on July 20.

About 72% of issues in the past week were over the federal transportation mask mandate, figures show.

The FAA adopted a zero-tolerance policy for unruly, sometimes violent passengers on board flights earlier this year.

The agency has proposed more than $1 million in fines against unruly airline passengers this year.

One $45,000 fine announced in August was against a passenger accused of throwing his luggage at another passenger and, while lying on the aisle floor, "grabbing a flight attendant by the ankles and putting his head up her skirt."

Another passenger would not wear his face mask, the FAA, said, and "acted as though his hand was a gun and made a 'pew, pew' noise as if he was shooting a fellow passenger."

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