California woman sentenced to 15 months for breaking flight attendant’s teeth

According to authorities, a California woman who confessed to punching a Southwest Airlines flight attendant after being told to wear a mask and buckle her seatbelt was sentenced to 15 months in jail and forced to pay more than $30,000 in penalties and reparations on Friday.

Vyvianna Quinonez, 29, will be on supervised release for three years and will undergo anger management programs on May 23, 2021, attack on board an aircraft from Sacramento to San Diego, according to an announcement from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California.

Quinonez will also be prohibited from traveling on commercial flights while under surveillance, according to the prosecutor’s office.

Quinonez pleaded guilty in December to one count of interference with flight crew members and attendants, the release said.

She admitted assaulting the flight attendant, who suffered two broken teeth and needed three stitches, after the worker told her to put on her seat belt, stow her tray table and wear her mask correctly during the flight’s final descent, the release said.

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