U.S. officials said on Wednesday they would step up enforcement of acts of insubordination on commercial flights after disturbances on flights to and from Washington at the time of the attack on the Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), there was “a worrying increase in incidents in which airline passengers disrupted flights with threatening or violent behavior”, explaining that “these incidents resulted both from passengers’ refusal to wear masks and from recent violence. at the Capitol “.
The FAA said that from now on it will stop issuing warnings to these passengers and resort to other law enforcement actions.
The punishment for these behaviors can include fines up to $ 35,000 (about 29,000 euros) and prison sentences for passengers who attack or threaten crew members or other passengers.
Some of the images of recent incidents, which have surfaced on social media, show people being taken off planes for refusing to wear protective masks on board.
Source: Correio da Manhã by www.cmjornal.pt.
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