This airline has taken an extreme step to deal with unruly passengers

Russian low-cost carrier Pobeda Airlines will teach its employees martial arts to combat increasing cases of passenger violence.

The move was announced after a man at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport started swinging at a Pobeda employee when he missed his flight and was refused a refund.

Originally the carrier had considered hiring private security guards but found that it would increase ticket prices. The airline’s chief executive Andrey Kalmykov told Russian newspaper Vedomosti that training employees in sambo (a Russian martial art) and judo would be a more economical plan.

Pobeda isn’t the first airline to take this step – Hong Kong Airlines has taught its flight attendants kung fu while TSA in the US offers a free self-defense course for flight attendants.

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This article originally appeared on 7Travel.com and was republished with permission.