{"id":118000,"date":"2021-11-04T23:51:34","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T23:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=118000"},"modified":"2021-11-05T12:24:56","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T12:24:56","slug":"faa-refers-37-unruly-passengers-to-fbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2021\/11\/faa-refers-37-unruly-passengers-to-fbi.html","title":{"rendered":"FAA refers 37 unruly passengers to FBI for potential criminal prosecution."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Thursday it has referred more than three dozen unruly passengers to the FBI for potential criminal prosecution amid a sharp rise in onboard incidents this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FAA and Justice Department said they had established an information-sharing protocol for the FAA to refer unruly passenger cases to the FBI for review, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/usa-aviation-passengers\/u-s-faa-refers-37-unruly-airline-passengers-to-fbi-for-criminal-review-idUSL1N2RV045\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reuters<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/en\/2021\/10\/american-flight-is-diverted-to-denver.html\"><em>American flight is diverted to Denver after a passenger assaulted a flight attendant.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Justice Department and FBI \u201care committed to prioritizing the review of the cases referred by the FAA and initiating criminal prosecution where appropriate,\u201d the agencies said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLet this serve both as a warning and a deterrent: If you disrupt a flight, you risk not just fines from the FAA but federal criminal prosecution as well,\u201d said FAA Administrator Steve Dickson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Oct. 8, President Joe Biden said he instructed the Justice Department to \u201cdeal\u201d with the rising number of violent incidents onboard planes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\u2192<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/en\/2021\/10\/american-recovers-its-frequencies-buenos-aires.html\">American Airlines recovers 100% of its frequencies to Buenos Aires.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through Nov. 1, there have been 5,033 reports of unruly passenger incidents, including 3,642 related to pandemic face covering regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In June, a group representing major U.S. airlines, such as American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines, as well as aviation unions, asked the Justice Department to prosecute violent air passengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-5da8bc44     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height\" data-total=\"426\" 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