Southwest Flight Attendant Loses Teeth in Alleged Assault by Passenger: Union

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 plane prepares to land at Oakland International Airport in San Leandro, Calif., on April 25, 2019. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

A Southwest Airlines flight attendant allegedly was assaulted by a passenger during a flight and lost several teeth, according to the president of the Southwest Airlines flight attendants’ union.

TWU Local 556 President Lyn Montgomery said that over the past weekend, “one of our flight attendants was seriously assaulted, resulting in injuries to the face and a loss of two teeth.”