{"id":82920,"date":"2021-11-24T00:18:11","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T00:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mytravelleader.com\/?p=82920"},"modified":"2021-11-24T00:18:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T00:18:11","slug":"faa-proposes-fines-for-alcohol-related-incidents-on-planes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mytravelleader.com\/transport\/faa-proposes-fines-for-alcohol-related-incidents-on-planes\/","title":{"rendered":"FAA proposes fines for alcohol-related incidents on planes"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials said Monday they are seeking more than $160,000 in fines from eight airline passengers over incidents involving alcohol.<\/p>\n

The FAA said the biggest single proposed fine, topping $40,000, involves a passenger who brought alcohol on the plane and drank it, smoked marijuana in the lavatory and sexually assaulted a flight attendant on a Southwest Airlines jet in April.<\/p>\n

Police arrested the passenger after the plane from San Jose, Calif., landed in San Diego and charged the person with resisting arrest and public intoxication, according to the FAA. It was not clear why the passenger was not charged with assault. The FAA does not have authority to file criminal charges.<\/p>\n