Woman Accused Of Assaulting Southwest Flight Attendant Banned From Airline

CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

May 28, 2021

Dallas-based Southwest Airlines has banned a woman accused of punching a flight attendant in the face last weekend in an incident that highlighted a recent increase in unruly passengers.

An airline executive disclosed the ban Thursday, May 27, in a message to employees.

The incident happened shortly after a plane from Sacramento, California, landed in San Diego on Sunday morning.

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