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A woman who authorities say assaulted a flight attendant and threatened to kill passengers on a Frontier Airlines flight en route to Pennsylvania was charged this week with multiple federal crimes.
Dulce Huertas, 60, of Philadelphia, is charged with interfering with a flight crew, simple assault, and indecent exposure in connection to the incident that took place on board a flight to her hometown on Nov. 20, Jacqueline C. Romero, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, announced Tuesday.
According to a criminal complaint filed Monday in federal court, the incident began on board Flight 4944 from Orlando to the Philadelphia International Airport as the plane was preparing to land.
When the defendant got up from her seat to use the bathroom, the four-page complaint shows, a flight attendant told her "she needed to stay seated."
Huertas then reportedly yelled and cursed at the flight attendant after being told to remain in her seat, the complaint continues.
Dulce Huertas, 60, of Philadelphia, is charged with interfering with a flight crew, simple assault, and indecent exposure in connection to the incident that took place on board a flight to her hometown on Nov. 20, Jacqueline C. Romero, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, announced Tuesday.
According to a criminal complaint filed Monday in federal court, the incident began on board Flight 4944 from Orlando to the Philadelphia International Airport as the plane was preparing to land.
When the defendant got up from her seat to use the bathroom, the four-page complaint shows, a flight attendant told her "she needed to stay seated."
Huertas then reportedly yelled and cursed at the flight attendant after being told to remain in her seat, the complaint continues.
Pants down on the plane: Philadelphia woman whose outburst was caught on video charged
Dulce Huertas, 60, of Philadelphia, is charged with interfering with a flight crew, simple assault, and indecent exposure in the incident on board.
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