A California woman who pleaded guilty to punching a Southwest Airlines flight attendant as a Sacramento to San Diego flight landed last year was sentenced Friday to 15 months in federal prison. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Diego said that Vyvianna M. Quinonez, 29, will also serve three years of probation when she’s released, …
A Southwest Airlines passenger allegedly sent an airline employee to the hospital Saturday when she punched the employee before takeoff. Dallas police said that 32-year-old Arielle Jean Jackson boarded the New York-bound jet and got into a “verbal altercation” with a flight attendant at the back of the plane, WFAA said. After the flight attendant …
Port of San Diego Harbor Police arrested a 28-year-old Southwest Arline passenger on Sunday after she allegedly punched an airline attendant repeatedly, reportedly causing facial injures and breaking out two teeth. In a statement, Southwest said that the passenger, identified as Vyvianna Quinonez, “repeatedly ignored standard inflight instructions” and became “verbally and physically abusive” as …
An Arizona-based flight attendant has sued Southwest Airlines, alleging that she spotted an iPad in a plane’s cockpit that showed video footage taken in the aircraft’s front bathroom. According to the Phoenix New Times, Renee Steinaker and her husband filed a complaint against the airline in Maricopa County Superior Court on October 25. According to …
A woman was arrested Saturday after allegedly threatening to kill everyone on a Southwest Airlines flight from Portland to Sacramento. KOVR reported that Valerie Curbelo, 24, was ordered to go back to her seat after being caught attempting to smoke in the airplane bathroom. The man who recorded the video claimed that Curbelo also pushed a …
Southwest Airlines has apologized to a passenger who was allegedly dragged off a flight after disclosing a pet allergy — and the disturbing incident was caught on video. The airline told NBC News that Tuesday’s ordeal began when the unidentified woman informed crews of her life-threatening pet allergy. There were one pet and one service animal …
