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The Centre is in the process of establishing a "national no-fly list" for unruly passengers in the aftermath of Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad assaulting an Air India staffer
onboard a plane. The Centre is in the process of establishing a "national no-fly list" for unruly passengers in the aftermath of Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad assaulting an Air
India staffer onboard a plane. The Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR) are being amended by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to facilitate such a list, the ministry of civil
aviation said in a letter to Air India CMD, making an appeal to him to lift the ban on Gaikwad. "In order to deal with unruly passengers in a more effective manner in future, an
amendment to CAR is being drafted by the DGCA in consultation with this Ministry for establishing a national no-fly list," the letter said. The no-fly list was first mooted by Air India
on the day Ravindra Gaikwad hit 62-year-old R Sukumar with his slipper "25" times. Air India had said that they were "examining" such a list. The following day, the
Federation of Indian Airlines, which has Jet Airways, SpiceJet, IndiGo and GoAir as its members, while announcing a flying ban on Gaikwad also proposed "the promulgation of a no-fly
list which shall include the names of all unruly passengers." IndiGo President and Whole Time Director Aditya Ghosh had also told (This article has not been edited by DNA's
editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)