Airlines report 16.5% rise in flight disruption
Reports of passengers disrupting flights rose nearly 16.5% worldwide in 2015, with incidents like passengers being verbally abusive occurring on one out of every 1,205 flights, International Trade Association for Airlines said. About 10,854 plane rage incidents were reported in 2015, against 9,316 in 2014. Further, the cost of diverting flights to remove such passengers was estimated at $200,000.