The incident took place after the woman was asked to buckle her seatbelt, put up her tray table and “wear her facemask properly,” prosecutors said. (via The New York Times)
Credit...A 28-year-old California woman pleaded guilty on Wednesday to repeatedly punching a flight attendant in May, bloodying her face and chipping three teeth, federal prosecutors said, part of a surge in violent behavior by airline passengers in the past year.
Ms. Quinonez started filming the flight attendant on her phone and pushed the woman, prosecutors said.Ms. Quinonez, who was sitting in an aisle seat, stood up and punched the flight attendant in the face multiple times, according to the video. She also grabbed the flight attendant’s hair before the woman was able to move back up the aisle. Several passengers grabbed at Ms. Quinonez’s clothes to try to stop her, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors said the flight attendant was taken to a hospital with injuries that included a swollen eye, a bruised arm and a cut under her eye that had to be stitched. They said she also had three chipped teeth, two of which had to be replaced with crowns.Ms. Quinonez is set to be sentenced on March 11, prosecutors said. It was not clear if Ms. Quinonez had a lawyer, and she did not respond on Wednesday to messages left at a number listed under her name.
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