Flyers wearing masks incorrectly be put on no-fly list: Delhi HC tells DGCA

Delhi High Court judge blasts alleged callous attitude of passengers of Air India's Kolkata-Delhi flight on March 5

A Delhi High Court judge, on board Air India’s Kolkata-Delhi flight on March 5, has issued a set of guidelines that empowers airline cabin crew to offload ‘without delay’ delinquent passengers who wear their masks on the chin and be put on a ‘no-fly’ list if they exhibit ‘stubborn reluctance’.

Justice C Hari Shankar took note of the alleged callous attitude of passengers and passed directions to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) — the country’s aviation regulator.

“In the event of any passenger being unwilling to follow this protocol prior to the flight taking off, the passenger should be offloaded