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United Airlines Flight 895: On January 9, 2001, the flight from Chicago to Hong Kong had to divert to Anchorage after a passenger, 44-year-old Steven Tabloff, spat at other passengers, swore at flight attendants and ripped a phone out of the plane's wall. Ultimately four other passengers had to restrain and handcuff him.
Air rage is aggressive or violent behavior on the part of passengers and crew of aircraft, especially during flight. [1] [2] Air rage generally covers both behavior of a passenger or crew member that is likely caused by physiological or psychological stresses associated with air travel, [3] and when a passenger or crew member becomes unruly, angry, or violent on an aircraft during a flight. [4]
The FAA said the rate of passenger misbehavior has dropped by more than 80% since early 2021, when many confrontations with flight attendants and other passengers started with travelers who ...
Since 2021, the FAA has referred more than 310 cases of unruly passengers to the FBI for criminal prosecution. Many cases involved a passenger physically assaulting or sexual harassing other ...
Passengers who engage in unruly physical gestures, verbal harassment, unruly inebriation, physically abusive behaviour, or any life-threatening action on board an aircraft can be placed on the list. A passenger on the list is prohibited from flying on any aircraft operated by the airline that placed them on the list for the duration of their ban.
Incidents of unruly passengers decreased from a record high of 1,099 in 2021 to 831 last year. The threat is far from over, though. "Normal" is just a few hundred incidents; in 2003, the number ...
Reported unruly passenger incidents in 2021 jumped to 5,981, which included 4,290 mask-related incidents and has fallen to 1,375 so far this year. The FAA proposed $5 million in fines in 2021 and ...
An unruly JetBlue Airways passenger on Tuesday was restrained by multiple flyers and turned over to law enforcement upon landing in New York City from London, the airline said. The chaotic scene ...