63 passengers placed on ‘No Fly List’ in 2022: Civil aviation ministry
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NEW DELHI: The civil aviation ministry on Monday mentioned three passengers have been placed on the ‘No Fly List’ this yr whereas a complete of 63 passengers have been positioned on the checklist in 2022.
A complete of 143 passengers have been placed on the checklist since 2017, in keeping with information offered by the ministry to the Rajya Sabha.
These passengers have been positioned on the checklist as advisable by airways’ inside committees arrange as per aviation regulator DGCA’s Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR) pertaining to the dealing with of unruly/disruptive passengers.
The CAR was notified in September 2017 as a measure to take care of the problem associated to the dealing with of unruly/disruptive passengers.
“As on date, there are 143 passengers who have been placed in ‘No Fly List’ for such period, as per the recommendations of airline’s internal committee since 2017,” Minister of State for Civil Aviation V Ok Singh informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply.
As per the information, Air India has put three passengers on the checklist in 2023.
In 2022, IndiGo positioned 46 people on the No Fly List whereas Vistara had put 16 passengers on the checklist.
SpiceJet had put 1 passenger on the checklist, the information confirmed.
According to the information, in 2021, a complete of 45 people have been placed on the checklist by IndiGo, 19 by Vistara and a pair of by AirAsia.
IndiGo had put 10 folks on the checklist in 2020 and the now defunct Jet Airways had positioned one passenger on the No Fly List in 2017.
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In one other written reply, the minister mentioned {that a} whole of 63 passengers have been positioned on the checklist final yr.
“These include two incidents of urinating that have come to the notice of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in last year. The majority of the passengers placed on ‘No Fly List’ were for the violation related to not wearing masks or not obeying the instructions of the crew members,” he mentioned.
The CAR associated to the dealing with of unruly passengers is relevant to all Indian operators engaged in scheduled and non-scheduled air transport companies, each home and worldwide, for carriage of passengers.
It can also be relevant to all airport operators inside Indian territory, all passengers through the interval of air journey in or over India and all international carriers topic to compliance of the Tokyo Convention 1963.
The CAR gives measures to pre-empt such incidents by means of coaching of flight crew, cabin crew and floor employees in gentle abilities to take care of unruly passengers apart from methods to detect, diffuse and forestall a essential scenario.
“It also provides for training of such operative personnel for dealing with conflict and its aftermath, ways/means to mitigate situations arising due to long waiting lines, flight being overbooked, delays and diversion/cancellation as well as lack of information, etc,” Singh mentioned.
NEW DELHI: The civil aviation ministry on Monday mentioned three passengers have been placed on the ‘No Fly List’ this yr whereas a complete of 63 passengers have been positioned on the checklist in 2022.
A complete of 143 passengers have been placed on the checklist since 2017, in keeping with information offered by the ministry to the Rajya Sabha.
These passengers have been positioned on the checklist as advisable by airways’ inside committees arrange as per aviation regulator DGCA’s Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR) pertaining to the dealing with of unruly/disruptive passengers.
The CAR was notified in September 2017 as a measure to take care of the problem associated to the dealing with of unruly/disruptive passengers.
“As on date, there are 143 passengers who have been placed in ‘No Fly List’ for such period, as per the recommendations of airline’s internal committee since 2017,” Minister of State for Civil Aviation V Ok Singh informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply.
As per the information, Air India has put three passengers on the checklist in 2023.
In 2022, IndiGo positioned 46 people on the No Fly List whereas Vistara had put 16 passengers on the checklist.
SpiceJet had put 1 passenger on the checklist, the information confirmed.
According to the information, in 2021, a complete of 45 people have been placed on the checklist by IndiGo, 19 by Vistara and a pair of by AirAsia.
IndiGo had put 10 folks on the checklist in 2020 and the now defunct Jet Airways had positioned one passenger on the No Fly List in 2017.
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In one other written reply, the minister mentioned {that a} whole of 63 passengers have been positioned on the checklist final yr.
“These include two incidents of urinating that have come to the notice of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in last year. The majority of the passengers placed on ‘No Fly List’ were for the violation related to not wearing masks or not obeying the instructions of the crew members,” he mentioned.
The CAR associated to the dealing with of unruly passengers is relevant to all Indian operators engaged in scheduled and non-scheduled air transport companies, each home and worldwide, for carriage of passengers.
It can also be relevant to all airport operators inside Indian territory, all passengers through the interval of air journey in or over India and all international carriers topic to compliance of the Tokyo Convention 1963.
The CAR gives measures to pre-empt such incidents by means of coaching of flight crew, cabin crew and floor employees in gentle abilities to take care of unruly passengers apart from methods to detect, diffuse and forestall a essential scenario.
“It also provides for training of such operative personnel for dealing with conflict and its aftermath, ways/means to mitigate situations arising due to long waiting lines, flight being overbooked, delays and diversion/cancellation as well as lack of information, etc,” Singh mentioned.
