'Attacks on flight crews are flat-out wrong, and they are illegal,' the FAA said in a statement.
There were more than 5,000 reports from airlines of unruly passengers since the start of the year, according to the FAA.A 32-year-old woman was jailed on aggravated assault charges after police alleged she got into a verbal dispute with two Southwest Airlines employees upon boarding a flight in Dallas and punched one in the head with a closed fist, sending the woman to a hospital.
The Dallas Police Department identified Arielle Jean Jackson on Sunday as the passenger who allegedly became violent on Southwest Airlines flight 4976 before it even left the ground at Dallas Love Field Airport. As Jackson was exiting the plane, she got into another verbal dispute with a second operations agent. Jackson then allegedly punched the employee in the head with a closed fist, police said.
The incident took place during the boarding process for flight 4976 that was scheduled to depart from Dallas Love Field Airport and arrive at LaGuardia Airport in New York.
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