U.S. inflight disturbances jump 500%, 85 TSA officers assaulted - agency
Reuters
Published Jul 20, 2021 10:31AM ET
Updated Jul 20, 2021 11:46AM ET
By David Shepardson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. federal agencies are dealing with a rising number of unruly airline passengers on increasingly crowded airplanes, including thousands who have refused to wear masks.
The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday that since Jan. 1 it has received 3,509 unruly passenger reports, including 2,605 refusing to wear a mask. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) told a U.S. House panel Tuesday that since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic there have been over 85 physical assaults on TSA officers.
The TSA says inflight disturbances have risen from 2 incidents per 1 million screened in 2019 to 12 per 1 million in 2021.
The rising numbers of incidents come as U.S. air travel has hit a post February 2020 high as more Americans get vaccinated.
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