The classified no-fly list was adopted after the hijacked-plane attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, in an effort to prevent suspected terrorists from getting on aircraft or coming to the United States.

The request for a national no-fly list comes after the Federal Aviation Administration received nearly 6,0000 unruly passenger reports in 2021, with about 4,300 of those relating to mask requirements.

These lists are different than the federal no-fly list maintained by the FBI. This has caused viewers to send WFAA some no-fly list questions. We answer them here.

The federal no-fly list was created in response to the 9/11 terrorist attack, along with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), which is an agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland ...

These lists are different than the federal no-fly list maintained by the FBI. This has caused viewers to send WFAA some no-fly list questions. We answer them here.

Still, the no-fly list faces persistent criticism. It's much too broad for some, as it includes innocent travelers who happen to share a name with a suspected terrorist.

A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 24, 2021, Section B, Page 5 of the New York edition with the headline: Delta Urges Airlines to Join in a Wider No-Fly List for Unruly Passengers.

Using the list to abridge civil liberties was a bad idea then, and it's a bad idea now. The no-fly list is a civil liberties nightmare: secretive and nearly impossible to challenge.

The no-fly list is a small subset of individuals in Terrorist Screening Database, more commonly known as “the watchlist,” which the FBI says “are known to be or reasonably suspected of being ...

According to leaked documents obtained by The Intercept, more than 47,000 people were on America’s no-fly list as of August 2013. That number reportedly includes 800 Americans, many of whom don ...