Unruly Air Travelers Remain a Disturbance in the Skies, FAA Says

The FAA is planning to penalize unruly passengers.

A flight attendant, wearing one mask, demonstrates the use of an oxygen mask at the outset of flight from Burbank to Las Vegas. Unruly passengers are an ongoing problem on commercial flights. Christopher Reynolds/Los Angeles Times/TNS

By Allyson Versprille From Bloomberg News

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has reaffirmed its commitment to crack down on unruly airplane passengers after tracking more than 900 cases of travelers causing in-flight disturbances so far this year.