A bill to toughen punishment for air rowdies has been introduced to the State Duma

In Russia they wanted to punish rowdy people on airplanes more strictly - a corresponding bill was submitted to the State Duma. The document is posted in the chamber's database, TASS writes.

The authors of the document on measures to combat air rowdy behavior propose to expand the list of passenger violations, which will allow airlines to include some of them in “black lists.” Air carriers will also be allowed to exchange them.

The document proposes to include in the “black lists” passengers who have committed petty hooliganism involving disobedience to the demands of government officials or another person performing duties to protect public order (Article 2 0.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation). In addition, the document provides for an increase in the period of ban on flights with the specified airline to three years for those air rowdies who repeated illegal actions on board.

Currently, according to the law, it is prohibited to include passengers in “blacklists” for being intoxicated, using obscene language, threatening the crew and fellow passengers, aggressive behavior and attempts to start a fight.