2021: Year of the Unruly Airline Passenger
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Assaults on crew members. Public intoxication. Verbal abuse. 2021 was the worst on record for unruly airplane passenger behavior, according to FAA data. Find out what's been going on in the unfriendly skies.
(CNN) — Assaults on crew members. Public intoxication. Verbal abuse.
Last year was the worst on record for unruly airplane passenger behavior, according to Federal Aviation Administration data.
A whopping 5,981 reports of unruly passengers were logged by the FAA as of December 31. Of those, 4,290 -- nearly 72% -- were mask-related incidents.
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