The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in March 2021 issued record fines for three air passengers for refusing to wear a mask according to the rules and violent behavior, according to Avianews..

The amount of sanctions is $ 12,250, $ 14,500 and $ 20,000. In two cases, passengers flew on flights of the jetBlue low-cost airline from New York in December 2020, in the third - on a flight of the same airline in December 2020 from Boston.

According to the FAA, the brawlers did not respond to the comments of the flight attendants.

Two of them painted alcoholic beverages, the third had a physical impact on an airline employee and threatened to fire him.

In two cases, the crew decided to turn the plane around and land at the airport of departure.. At the same time, one of the planes landed with an excess of the landing weight - the pilots declared an emergency situation and tried to return to the ground as quickly as possible..

Penalized passengers now have 30 days to submit an explanation of their behavior to the FAA.