(CNN) Federal authorities are planning to fine two unmasked and unruly passengers accused of hitting and grabbing flight attendants amid a rash of disruptive and sometimes violent incidents on board planes. One passenger accused of grabbing and striking two flight attendants during a February flight faces a fine of $32,750, the Federal Aviation Administration told CNN on Wednesday. A passenger on a different flight is accused of hitting "one of the flight attendants with his bags" and faces a $16,500 fine. Reports from flight crews of unruly passengers used to be so infrequent that the FAA did not tally them, a spokesman said. Instead of one report of a troublesome passenger every few days, flight crews were calling in with multiple issues daily, the spokesman said.

Source: CNN May 05, 2021 20:03 UTC