A Tennessee Woman Who Authorities Say Punched A Spirit Airlines Flight Attendant And Dragged Another By The Ponytail Faces Feder

Spirit Airlines aircraft are seen parked at the end of a runway at Orlando International Airport.Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Federal prosecutors have charged a 43-year-old Tennessee woman with interfering with a flight crew. A criminal complaint alleged Amanda Henry disrupted a Spirit Airlines flight and punched and kicked flight attendants. The charge comes amid the Justice Department's crackdown on unruly or violent passengers aboard commercial aircraft. Federal prosecutors in Tennessee announced Tuesday that they charged a woman with interfering with a flight crew, accusing her of kicking and hitting flight attendants and screaming that she wanted to get off the plane.The incident, aboard a Spirit Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Nashville, occurred on November 27 after two airline passengers asked to change seats because a women's "disruptive behavior made them feel uncomfortable," according to a criminal complaint.The woman, 43-year-old Amanda Renee Henry, had "acted flirtatious" and "made lewd sexual advances" towards the passengers, placing her hands on both of them and even laying her head on one passenger's shoulder, the complaint said. A flight attendant told federal authorities that Henry — who appeared drunk — grew "irate and belligerent" once the men moved to different seats.