Turkey issues strict instructions to air passengers, fines for those who do not comply

 

 

Turkey issues instructions to air passengers. Strict measures will be taken against those who do not comply. Accordingly, those who rush to pick up their bags and get out when the seat belt light turns off will now have to pay a fine.

It is said that from now on, more attention will have to be paid when landing in Turkey. Turkey is charging a fine to those who stand up to pick up their bags from above their seats when the seat belt light turns off. This has been in effect since May 2. The country's Ministry of Transport introduced the new regulation due to the increase in the number of passengers who get up before the plane has finished taxiing and even when the seat belt warning is on. Passengers behaving in this way endangers the safety of passengers and baggage and ignores the exit priority of other passengers, said Kemal Yusek, General Directorate of Civil Aviation. The fine is not levied by the airline. It is the Turkish government.