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U.S. Senate and House members proposed Wednesday, March 29, 2023, to create a new no-fly list for unruly passengers, an idea that was pushed by airline unions but failed to gain traction last year.
The rate of unruly passenger incidents has fallen by over 80% since record highs in early 2021, the FAA said. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland directed the FBI to prioritize investigations of ...
U.S. officials say they are referring fewer unruly airline passengers to the FBI for possible prosecution than they did during the pandemic, although they say the number of incidents remains too high.
The FAA said last year that it referred 39 unruly passengers in 2023 to the FBI, bringing the total of such referrals for violent and threatening behavior on planes to more than 270 since late 2021.
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.
The following list sorts countries by the number of passengers transported by airlines that are registered in the respective country according to data from the World Bank. [1] Disclaimer: this data may be skewed due to pandemic, Mexico's Secretary of Tourism noted 108 million passengers in 2023, of which 49.73 million were international.
The new cases, including 22 in the second quarter of 2023, bring the total of such referrals for violent and threatening behaviour on planes to more than 270 since late 2021.
The number dropped under 2,500 last year and under 1,200 so far this year, the FAA said. The FAA said it has referred more than 270 cases to the FBI since late 2021.