Senator Styvenson Valentim (Podemos-RN) presented a bill that establishes higher penalties for bodily harm, threats and disturbances inside aircraft (PL 361 / 2023). The senator says he understands that the legislation needs to advance against acts that put the safety of engers, crew and the entire flight at risk.
The project adds to Criminal Code predictions for personal injury and threats committed on board aircraft. The penalties provided for are six months to two years in prison. In the case of the crime of threat, there is also a provision for a fine and the action will be unconditionally public - which means that the Public Ministry does not need a request or authorization to make the complaint.
The text also changes the Law of Criminal Misdemeanors, typifying the promotion of turmoil or disturbance on board an aircraft. The penalty is now detention from six months to one year and a fine, without prejudice to other punishments related to the violence committed.
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In justifying the project, Styvenson explains that Brazilian aviation is considered “one of the safest in the world”, thanks to the national regulatory framework, but that the criminal field still does not follow the existing istrative measures.
The senator also cites the scenario of the covid-19 pandemic, which, according to him, has generated new sources of conflict at airports and on board aircraft.
“Since the beginning of the pandemic, an escalation of acts of violence has been observed at airports and inside aircraft, in most cases involving the mandatory use of masks and unscheduled flight cancellations and changes”, he describes.
The Senate Presidency will still determine which committees the project will through and whether it will have final processing (only in collegiate bodies) or whether it will need to go to a vote in the Plenary.
Source: The Senate Agency
