More than 250 mask incidents reported on flights in first weeks of 2022

[marmar]

New data from the Federal Aviation Administration reveals hundreds of passengers have already interrupted flights during the first six weeks of 2022, most of them over COVID-19 and mask requirements.

The FAA began collecting data on unruly passengers a year into the pandemic, when incidents on flights became more frequent.

Since Jan. 1, 2022, the FAA has recorded 394 reported incidents on flights nationwide, 255 of those were related to face mask mandates. Investigations were launched into 93 of the incidents, and 40 required the intervention of law enforcement officers.

On Wednesday night, an Orlando-bound flight was diverted to Raleigh-Durham International Airport after a passenger became unruly and threatened violence, forcing flight attendants and passengers to restrain him with belts and use a beverage cart to block the cockpit. ........................(more)

https://www.wral.com/faa-more-than-250-mask-incidents-reported-on-flights-in-first-weeks-of-2022/20129789/

[lark]

1. Every one of these asses should be on a hard do not fly list.

Every single one of them. They are the reason we haven't flown in 2 years and don't have any plans of doing so anytime soon either.

[Deuce]

2. Anti-mask flight interrupters should be fined, jailed & put on no-fly list for a minimum of 5 years.

[peggysue2]

3. And everyone of these disrupters?

Should be immediately placed on a 'no-fly' list.

They should be treated like any other terrorist when disrupting a flight and/or attacking crew members.