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Passenger who broke flight attendant’s teeth in mask fight sentenced to 15 months

FILE - A Southwest Airlines flight prepares to land at Reagan National Airport, in Arlington, Va., Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. Union officials say Southwest Airlines pilots are suffering through an epidemic of fatigue due to poor scheduling practices by the airline, and that it is raising safety concerns. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) (Jacquelyn Martin, Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

SAN DIEGO – A California woman who admitted punching a Southwest Airlines flight attendant after being asked to wear a mask and fasten her seatbelt was sentenced to 15 months in prison Friday and ordered to pay more than $30,000 in fines and restitution, officials said.

Vyvianna Quinonez, 29, will remain on supervised release for three years and attend anger management classes for the May 23, 2021, assault aboard a flight from Sacramento to San Diego, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California said in a release.

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Quinonez will also be barred from flying on commercial planes while under supervision, the prosecutor’s office said.

Read more on NBC News here.


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