Centre proposes to declare unruly behaviour on planes a punishable offence

MCA had earlier released draft rules for 'national no-fly list' comprising unruly passengers

The Centre has proposed to declare unruly behaviour aboard an aircraft as an offence and a punishable act, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. 

The Ministry of Civil Aviation had earlier released its draft rules for a 'national no-fly list' comprising unruly passengers and mooted a ban on them from flying from three months up to an indefinite period. 

The proposed no-fly list followed an incident in March when Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad hit an Air India employee "25 times" with a slipper for not being given a business class seat on an all-economy flight. 

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