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Clamping down on abusive passengers

05/06/2006

Manchester airport was the venue today for the launch of a new scheme aiming to clamp down on troublesome passengers.

Chief Constable of the Greater Manchester Police, Michael Todd, led the launch of the UK Disruptive Passenger Initiative, reports the BBC.

The Association of Chief Police Officers, the British Airline Pilots' Association, the Crown Prosecution Service, airlines and airport authorities are all behind the project.

Aiming to take a "zero tolerance" approach to unruly passengers, the scheme will be implemented across airports in the UK.

Under the terms of the clampdown, anyone who turns up drunk for their flight, or acts in an abusive or threatening manner, may not be allowed to board the aeroplane.

Uncompensated ticket removal, imprisonment or substantial fines could face those that cause trouble in and around the airport.

Last year, a drunken air passenger flying to Tenerife was dropped off at an African island after abusing cabin crew staff.

The man became so abusive that the pilot diverted the Monarch flight, travelling from Manchester, to Porto Santo island off West Africa.


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