Dana Papst, 44, downed two single-serving bottles of Jack Daniels on a US Airways fight, then got off the plane, got into a car, and got into a head-on crash that killed five members of a New Mexico family.

Now, the state of New Mexico is barring US Airways from selling alcohol on its flights into and out of the state because the airline does not have a New Mexico liquor license, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported Jan. 30.

US Airways was served with a cease-and-desist order by the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department, which also will take action against other airlines that don't have valid state liquor licenses. "We found that most of the major carriers have licenses," said agency superintendent Edward Lopez. "But we did a check and found a handful of smaller airlines that do not."

A US Airways spokesperson acknowledged that the company does not hold a New Mexico liquor license and said the airline is complying with the cease-and-desist order.

The New Mexico governor's office said the state took action against US Airways because it has failed to get a response from the Federal Aviation Administration, which is supposed to be investigating the Papst case.

"It's a big deal because this forces every airline to get a liquor license from every state and comply with the liquor license laws of those states," said Will Ferguson, the lawyer for the crash victims. "It's a much bigger deal than it would appear."