A Southwest passenger accused of punching a flight attendant and causing her to lose two teeth has been banned from flying with the airline.
has been banned from flying with the airline.
Chris Mainz, a Southwest spokesman, told NBC News on Friday that Vyvianna Quinonez is now"restricted from ever flying on Southwest Airlines again."Witnesses on Sunday's flight from Sacramento to San Diego told police that Quinonez, 28, hit a flight attendant during a confrontation. A statement from Southwest said she had"repeatedly ignored standard inflight instructions and became verbally and physically abusive upon landing.
The purpose of Montgomery's letter to Southwest's CEO was to ask for support as plane passengers become increasingly unruly. "The unprecedented number of incidents has reached an intolerable level, with passenger non-compliance events also becoming more aggressive in nature," Montgomery wrote.that there has been a spike in disorderly or dangerous behavior aboard passenger planes.
In a typical year, the agency sees 100 to 150 formal cases of bad passenger behavior. Since the start of this year, that number has jumped to 2,500, including about 1,900 passengers who refused to comply with the federal mask mandate, according to the FAA.