A US lawmaker who chairs the House committee on Homeland Security is urging the Transportation Security Administration and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to ensure that individuals involved in the domestic terrorist attack on the US Capitol are added to the No-Fly List.
Created in the aftermath of 9/11, the No-Fly List is a record of people who are prohibited from boarding commercial aircraft for travel within, into, or out of the United States.
Following the 6 January storming of the US Capitol by a mob of pro-Trump rioters, committee chair Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS) urged the TSA and FBI to act, saying the No-Fly list “should include all individuals identified as having entered the Capitol building an intrusion which threatened the safety of Members of Congress and staff and served as an attack on our Nation”.
Flight attendant unions raised alarms about politically motivated disruptions on flights and expressed concern about flights after pro-Trump riots in Washington
American Airlines: No booze, other changes on DC flights after politically motivated aggression nwitimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nwitimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Pete Muntean, Gregory Wallace, Eric Levenson and Francesca Street, CNN • Updated 7th January 2021
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(CNN) Airlines and two unions representing flight attendants are concerned about in-flight security as the pro-Trump rioters who stormed the US Capitol Wednesday leave the Washington DC area.
American Airlines and United Airlines have both increased staffing at the DC-area airports where they operate. American is also suspending alcohol service on its flights to and from the region.
The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) International, which represents nearly 50,000 flight attendants at 17 airlines, said the rioters should not be allowed on flights home. Their violent and seditious actions at the Capitol (Wednesday) create further concern about their departure from the DC area, AFA president Sara Nelson said in a statement. Acts against our democracy, our government, and the freedom we claim as Americans must disqualify these individuals