Aviation body wants unruly passengers off flights globally
28 March 2014 4:36 AM IST
Global aviation body IATA on Tuesday demanded that governments close legal loopholes that allow unruly passengers to escape law enforcement for serious offences committed on board planes.
‘Airlines are doing all they can to prevent and manage unruly passenger incidents, but this needs to be backed up with effective law enforcement,’ said Tony Tyler, head of the International Air Transport Association.
One of the stories of people showing unruly behaviour on flights was of Scots whose onboard partying forced a plane to make emergency landing. Another story talked about a newly-wed couple where a groom fought with his bride and was kicked off flight for doing so. The airlines’ call came on the eve of a meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organisation in Montreal, which aims to update the 1963 Tokyo Convention on passenger safety. Proposed revisions to the treaty would make it easier for authorities to prosecute the small minority of passengers who are violent.
‘Airlines are doing all they can to prevent and manage unruly passenger incidents, but this needs to be backed up with effective law enforcement,’ said Tony Tyler, head of the International Air Transport Association.
One of the stories of people showing unruly behaviour on flights was of Scots whose onboard partying forced a plane to make emergency landing. Another story talked about a newly-wed couple where a groom fought with his bride and was kicked off flight for doing so. The airlines’ call came on the eve of a meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organisation in Montreal, which aims to update the 1963 Tokyo Convention on passenger safety. Proposed revisions to the treaty would make it easier for authorities to prosecute the small minority of passengers who are violent.
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