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Follow up: Woman disrupts flight, attacks air marshal
A few more details from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Edited for brevity.A Shaler [PA] woman was accused yesterday of assaulting a federal air marshal and interfering with a flight crew Tuesday on Northwest Airlines flight from Pittsburgh to Minneapolis. Dawn L. Sunday, 37, a hairstylist, was ordered held without bond pending a hearing Monday in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis. According to a criminal complaint, Sunday, who initially was seated in the front of the plane, was moved to the rear of the plane after the flight crew was informed that she was intimidating passengers and making loud and rude comments. After she was moved, Sunday allegedly tried to barricade herself in the area and would not allow other passengers in or out of the restroom. Federal Air Marshal Joseph Loftus said in an affidavit that he identified himself as an officer, sat next to Sunday and tried to calm her down but she became more belligerent and threatened to kill him. Loftus said he arrested and handcuffed Sunday after she hit and tried to choke him. She later kicked Loftus in the groin, he said. Sunday tried to bite an airport police officer after Flight 1057 arrived at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and at one point had to be tackled, the complaint said. The flight landed at 8:30 p.m. with Sunday in handcuffs. She was led off the plane by police and placed in federal custody. No, we Pittsburghers do NOT want her back. Minneapolis can have her! Posted by: Dar 2004-01-01 |
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