New Delhi: The government on Friday released the No-Fly List with three levels of clearly defined ‘unruly’ behaviour — verbal abuse, physical abuse and life threatening comments.
Passengers with unruly physical gestures, verbal harassment, and unruly inebriation to face ban upto 3 months, the Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapati Raju said in a tweet.
No-Fly offence categories: Level 1 – unruly physical gestures, verbal harassment and unruly inebriation. Ban – upto 3 months
— Ashok Gajapathi Raju (@Ashok_Gajapathi) September 8, 2017
Likewise, level 2 involves passengers who display physically abusive behaviour, which involves pushing, kicking, hitting, and inappropriate touching. These passengers will face ban upto 6 months.
No-Fly offence categories: Level 2 – physically abusive behaviour (pushing, kicking, hitting, inappropriate touching); Ban – upto 6 months
— Ashok Gajapathi Raju (@Ashok_Gajapathi) September 8, 2017
Passengers likely to face a minimum ban of 2 years if life threatening behaviour such as assaults, damage to aircraft systems etc is displayed.
No-Fly offence categories: Level 3- Life threatening behaviour – assaults, damage to aircraft systems etc. Ban – min. 2 years
— Ashok Gajapathi Raju (@Ashok_Gajapathi) September 8, 2017
The decision will be taken by an independent committee under a retired district Judge within a period of 30 days of the alleged offence.
The no-fly ban will be in addition to any statutory legal action that can be taken against the offender under existing laws.
The motive behind the No-Fly List is safety and security of passengers, which is our priority, said Jayant Sinha, MoS Civil Aviation.
