Southwest flight attendant loses teeth after being assaulted by passenger
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Southwest Airlines flight attendant allegedly lost a few teeth after being assaulted by a passenger during a flight over the weekend, according to Transport Workers Union Local 556.
In a letter sent to Southwest and obtained by Fox News,
TWU Local 556 President Lyn Montgomery drew attention to the assault, saying it s just one of the hundreds of misconduct incidents that have occurred on Southwest flights in recent weeks. This past weekend, one of our flight attendants was seriously assaulted, resulting in injuries to the face and a loss of two teeth, Montgomery said in the letter,
Airline passengers are getting angrier and harder to manage, according to a new letter from the union president representing Southwest Airlines flight attendants, which follows on one flight attendant getting two teeth knocked out by a passenger on Sunday.
Southwest flight attendant loses two teeth in alleged attack by passenger
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A Southwest Airlines flight attendant lost two teeth in a physical attack by a passenger on a plane out of Sacramento, Calif., last weekend, according to a letter the flight attendant s union sent to the airline.
The union is calling on Southwest Airlines to take steps to help crew members control unruly passengers as the number of misconduct incidents rises amid the pandemic. The union said there were 477 misconduct incidents by passengers on Southwest Airlines aircraft between April 8 and May 15.
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Cuba will implement a nightly curfew in Havana to combat Covid-19 spread
From CNN s Patrick Oppmann
A woman walks near a graffiti with the Cuban flag in Havana, on January 12, 2021. Yamil Lage/AFP/Getty Images
Cuba s capital city Havana will implement a nightly curfew starting Friday, according to the island s state-run media.
People will not be able to leave their homes after 9 p.m. local time without special permission, according to Luis Torres, the president of Havana s defense council, as reported by the government Radio Rebelde station.
Officials did not say how long the curfew would last.
Cuba is experiencing its highest spike in Covid-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with the largest concentration of cases being in Havana. The island has a total of 30,345 confirmed cases and 225 Covid-19 related deaths according to John Hopkins University.