Coverage dated November 3, 2021 to November 4, 2021
FAA Has Referred 37 Air Passengers for Criminal Prosecution
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Federal officials say they have referred more than three dozen airline passengers for possible criminal prosecution this year, as airlines report a surge in the number of disruptions on flights
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Federal officials say they have referred more than three dozen airline passengers for possible criminal prosecution this year, as airlines report a surge in the number of disruptions on flights
Disruptions stemming from unruly behavior on flights spiked in January. Officials said Thursday that in the last three months they developed a process for the FAA to regularly send cases to the FBI.
In August, officials from the FAA and Department of Justice began meeting to “develop an efficient method for referring the most serious unruly-passenger cases for potential criminal prosecution," the agencies said in a joint statement.
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