INDIA CREATES UNRULY PASSENGER BLACKLIST
May 1st, 2017
THE INDIAN government has announced it is setting up a no-fly list of unruly passengers, based on reports from domestic airlines. The action by the ministry of civil aviation follows reports between last July (2016) and February (2017) of 53 unruly passenger behaviour incidents on flights within India. The issue was also highlighted by a right-wing Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad assaulting an Ai India manager on a plane in March. Under the new system, Indian airlines can block black-listed passengers from taking flights to, from or within India, for periods ...
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