San Diego, CA-Women in Sacramento Hit the flight attendant’s face during the flightOfficials said she broke her teeth and pleaded guilty to a federal crime on Wednesday.
Vivianna Kinones, 28, has complained of interfering with flight attendants, a US law firm said.
On a flight from Southwest Airlines Sacramento to San Diego on May 23, flight attendants asked her to fasten her seat belts, store the tray table, and wear a mask properly during the descent.
Instead, Kinones began recording the attendant on her cell phone, pushed her, stood up and hit the woman’s face, and grabbed her hair before other passengers intervened, officials said.
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The assault was recorded on another passenger’s cell phone.
According to the judicial transaction, the flight attendant suffered from three missing teeth, two of which had bruises and a cut under the left eye that required a seam.
“The assaulted crew was only doing her job to ensure the safety of all passengers on board the plane,” US lawyer Randy Grossman said in a statement. “For whatever reason, you are not allowed to fly violence.”
The incident showed an escalation of uncontrollable behavior by airline passengers, and the chairman of the flight attendant union demanded an increase in the Federal Air Marshal Service for the plane.
Kinones will be sentenced to San Diego Federal Court in March. She can face up to 20 years in prison and a $ 250,000 fine. However, the prosecutor said he would probably recommend four months of detention and six months of house arrest, KGTV-TV reported.
The airline reported more than 5,000 cases of unruly passengers to the Federal Aviation Administration this year.
According to the FAA, most of the cases involved passengers who refused to comply with the federal requirement that passengers wear face masks while on the plane, but nearly 300 were related to drunk passengers. was doing.
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