Air Rage on the Increase
The number of 'air rage' or disruptive passenger incidents on British aircraft increase from 85 in 2013 to 386 in 2015, according to figures shown exclusively to 5 live.
The plane passengers putting lives in danger and costing airlines hundreds of thousands of pounds with their unruly behaviour. 5 live Investigates has been given exclusive figures which show more than a four-fold increase in the number of incidents being reported to the UK authorities over the last three years with drink and drug-fuelled disorder now being reported on a daily basis. In 2013 the Civil Aviation Authority received just 85 reports of passengers behaving badly - last year there were 386 incidents.
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