KEY WEST, Fla. — Federal aviation officials fined a woman $17,000 for drinking alcohol not served by the airline, vaping and refusing to wear a mask on a flight from Florida to North Carolina.
The Federal Administration Administration said the woman on a Republic Airways flight in February was drinking alcohol that wasn’t served by the airline, interfering with crew members, trying to use a vape pen and was not complying with the federal face mask mandate.
The FAA says the aircraft returned to the gate at the Key West airport and she was removed from the plane.
The penalty is among more than $530,000 in fines levied against 34 passengers that the FAA announced last week.
The agency has now fined unruly passengers more than $1 million this year.
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