unruly aircraft passenger

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What's driving the attention

Recent incidents of unruly passenger behavior on aircraft, including physical altercations and medical emergencies, have drawn public attention.

There have been multiple reports about unruly passenger behavior on flights, including a notable incident where a passenger bit a fellow traveler and became violent on an American Airlines flight. Other aviation-related concerns include a close call between jets during landing in Boston that forced an aborted landing of a Delta flight, as well as medical emergencies on flights such as the death of a 51-year-old man on an Abu Dhabi-Bangalore route.