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Daily Mirror
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National
Dan Warburton

Travellers who cause mayhem on planes could end up on no-fly list for years in new plan

People who behave badly on planes could find themselves on a no-fly list after air rage incidents tripled in three years.

Brawls, sex assaults, booze-fuelled violence, cases of stripping and verbal abuse have all been reported by cabin crew.

Some 1,028 incidents were reported on UK planes in 2022 compared to 373 in 2019.

Now MP Gareth Johnson plans to introduce a Bill that will give courts the power to ban thugs from flying with all airlines.

Mr Johnson said: “At present, someone can be violent on a plane and that operator cannot pass that information to another airline due to data protection laws. So that person can just go and fly with a different carrier.”

Spanish police board a flight after trouble in the cabin (SWNS.com)

The Tory MP for Dartford, Kent, who will introduce his 10 Minute Rule Bill on Wednesday, added: “People can be banned from driving, from being company directors and from football matches.

“The same should apply for people who are violent on planes.

“This exists in other countries and should apply here too.” Individual airlines can already block passengers but the new Bill would introduce a blanket ban.

In 2019 airlines stopped passengers from drinking duty-free booze on flights but the number of violent incidents still soared.

Last year a pensioner attacked a Jet2 employee after her gin and tonic was confiscated and a man tried to open a cabin door and attacked Spanish police who arrived to arrest him.

In March, a ranting mum from Yorkshire was fined £5,000 after squaring up to hostesses while on her way to Turkey.

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