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40 winks leads to imprisonment

A WOMAN left locked alone in a plane asleep for about four hours after landing at Philadelphia International Airport is suing United Airlines for “false imprisonment”.

Ginger McGuire, 36, is suing for false imprisonment, infliction of emotional distress and negligence, her attorney Geoffrey Fieger said.

Mrs McGuire fell asleep on a late-night United Express flight from Washington, DC, to Philadelphia. She failed to wake up after the 50-passenger plane touched down at 12:27 am local time and everyone else disembarked.

A cleaning crew eventually roused her, but she was kept locked in the plane until federal officers were satisfied that she was not a terrorist.

“We are working closely with our partner Trans States Airlines to investigate the cause and remedy the situation with the customer,” United Airlines spokeswoman Sarah Massier said.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .