The civil aviation authority is considering measures to punish people who behave badly on airliners, said a senior official.

 

A Chinese man and his girlfriend on a China-bound AirAsia flight had a spat with the flight crew over the seating arrangement and hot water. The disturbance escalated when the woman poured hot water on a female flight attendant.

 

After the crew demanded an apology, the Chinese woman climbed over the back seats, threatening to jump out of the airplane while punching the plane's windows, according to witnesses.

 

The in-flight brawl forced the plane to return to Don Mueng International Airport in Bangkok, where the duo and two other passengers involved were taken away by Thai police. They were required to pay compensation of 50,000 Thai baht (1,525 USD) to the flight attendant, and all four passengers were fined a small amount of money.

 

The China National Tourism Administration later opened a probe into the incident and vowed to punish the passengers involved by including them on a blacklist.

 

Less than a week after the scandal, another in-flight conflict between several Chinese passengers took place on an Air China flight from Chongqing to Hong Kong. The incident was caused by two female passengers complaining about the noise of a child sitting behind them, which then turned into a fierce fight that almost forced the flight to return to Chongqing, Chinese media reported.  

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