Last year was the worst on record for unruly airplane passenger behavior in the United States, according to Federal Aviation Administration data. A whopping 5,981 reports of unruly passengers were logged by the FAA as of December 31. But a sharp uptick in unruly passenger behavior in late 2020 spurred the agency to begin tracking the reports in 2021. However, the FAA has recorded the number of unruly passenger incidents that rose to the level of being investigated since 1995. It's part of growing attention from the Justice Department on unruly passenger behavior.

Source: CNN January 14, 2022 02:22 UTC