TEHRAN (Basirat)- According to media reports, Korean Airlines said Tuesday that it will now allow its flight attendants to actively consider using more force.
According to media reports, Korean Airlines said Tuesday that it will now allow its flight attendants to actively consider using more force.
sputniknews.com reports:
Korean Airlines said Tuesday that it will now allow its flight
attendants to actively consider using more force, including the use of
taser guns, during cases of in-flight violence, local media reported.
"Korean Air will react more firmly and actively against in-flight
violence that threatens the overall safety of the flight," the airline
said in a press release, as quoted by Yonhap News.According to the media outlet, the airline said it revised its
restrictive guidelines on the use of tasers so that flight attendants
will now be able to actively use the electric weapon when necessary. The
media outlet added that flight attendants will go through additional
training following the rule change.
The decision comes after a 35-year-old South Korean man went on a
drunken rampage during a Korean Airlines flight Wednesday. During the
incident, a flight attendant pointed a taser gun at the passenger, but
the weapon was never fired.