The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says it has proposed civil penalties against two airline passengers for allegedly assaulting flight attendants who had told them to wear face coverings to limit transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19.
The FAA said in a Dec. 18 statement that the passengers were cited in two separate incidents in August 2020.
In one incident, the FAA said, a passenger on an Allegiant Air flight to Mascoutah, Illinois, U.S., from Clearwater, Florida, “repeatedly screamed obscenities at and hit a flight attendant and grabbed the phone from the flight attendant while he was speaking with the captain about the passenger’s behavior over a face-covering dispute.” The captain diverted the flight, citing the behavior of the passenger, who faces a proposed $15,000 civil penalty.
In the other incident, the FAA proposed a $7,500 civil penalty against a passenger on a SkyWest Airlines flight to Chicago from Atlanta. The passenger â…
