"They may replace those who refuse to wear a mask as being unruly," he said. Plus, airlines may have to contend with another mask problem then - the "radicalization" of flyers who want the mandates to continue. 2 Unruly Passengers Cause Delta Flight to Return to Airport The flight from Minneapolis to Los Angeles turned around one hour in and police were called to the gate. Witnesses told WTVJ that one of the passengers was cursing at. "That person will undoubtedly find some other small injustice to create the conditions he'll wind up fined or imprisoned over." Two passengers were removed from a Delta Airlines flight earlier this week after becoming disruptive.
Still, the federal government has vowed to crack down on in-flight misconduct. "I doubt sincerely … the ignoramus sod who is suddenly an expert on both epidemiology and the rule of law will be placated by lack of a mask," he said. Delta previously called for a national unruly passenger no-fly list in the fall but it was never adopted. Still, Del Monte said, the problem isn't likely to go away soon. The most violent onboard attacks "have nothing to do with masks," said Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA in a statement published Feb.15 in support of a centralized list of banned passengers shared between airlines. Delta flight 342 from Washington, D.C., to Los Angeles was forced to. (Photo by Nicolas Economou) NurPhoto via Getty Images. Ignoring mask-related incidents altogether, unruly passenger incidents still increased some 1,300% last year compared with the five years before the pandemic, according to CNBC's calculations. A flight from Los Angeles to Nashville was diverted to New Mexico on Friday afternoon after a passenger tried to break into the cockpit, Delta Air Lines said. The FAA has logged in over 5,500 incidents of unruly passengers in 2021. 'The aircraft landed without incident and the passenger was removed by law.
'Thanks to the crew and passengers of Delta Flight 386, LAX to Nashville (BNA), who assisted in detaining an unruly passenger as the flight diverted to Albuquerque (ABQ),' the airline said in a statement. unruly passenger reports in 2021 were not related to masks, according to the FAA. Delta thanked those who helped thwart the cockpit breach.