A 13-year-old boy was tied to his seat with duct tape
after he tried to kick a window
on an American Airlines flight from Maui to Los Angeles, CBS reported.
Several witnesses assured that an hour after starting the trip from the Hawaiian island, on Tuesday at noon, the boy became violent with his mother and the flight was diverted to Honolulu.
There he was taken into custody.
In the video published by the CBS station in Los Angeles,
passengers
are seen
helping to hold the boy while airline personnel tie him with the tape
.
No one was injured.
This is not the first time that an airline takes this measure in the face of undisciplined passenger behavior.
According to YahooNews !, in July
a woman was tied to her seat with duct tape after trying to get out of the plane mid-flight and attacking staff
.
The incident was recorded in a video on the social network TikTok.
The same month, Frontier Airlines proceeded in the same way with
a 22-year-old who hit a flight attendant
, inappropriately touched the crew, yelled obscenities and took off his shirt mid-flight.
Last week, according to a report by The Associated Press news agency, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported that, since Jan. 1,
airlines have reported 3,715 altered passenger incidents
.
The FAA also indicated that it began investigating 600 incidents, almost double the sum of those registered in 2019 and 2020, and has imposed fines in 99 cases.
The Washington Post reports that, in fact,
"the vast majority of cases" are related to the refusal of passengers to wear a mask.
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Stress from the COVID-19 pandemic and the easy availability of alcohol at airports are other reasons for the increase in passenger misbehavior.
During the summer, in addition, flight delays and cancellations have increased due to electrical storms, staff shortages and technological disruptions.
The FAA has suggested as a solution that
local police around the country should press charges against passengers more frequently
and that airports should crack down on the sale of alcohol.
But, as The Washintong Post mentions, the process of dealing with passengers who break the law can be lengthy and complicated.
As of mid-July, the FAA had completely closed only seven cases.
So to fight the battle for a more modern front and persuade passengers to behave,
the FAA has turned to a viral weapon: memes.
The FAA just launched a campaign to warn of penalties for fighting on airplanes, assaulting flight attendants or refusing to follow crew instructions.
In one of the memes you see a grandmother with the background of an airplane cabin, her finger raised and the phrase: “Don't embarrass me.
I raised you better than how you behaved ”.
In another, a pilot looks sideways from her seat and says, "Don't make me turn this plane around."
Another appeals to the cost of the fines.
"You could have invested this $ 35,000 in a new truck, but instead you're paying a fine for hitting a flight attendant
." Accompanying it is a message in fine print that reads: "The FAA has zero tolerance if crew instructions are not followed."
Another appeals to the cost of the fines.
"You could have invested this $ 35,000 in a new truck, but instead you're paying a fine for hitting a flight attendant
." Accompanying it is a message in fine print that reads: "The FAA has zero tolerance if crew instructions are not followed."