Passenger Found Sleeping On Empty Plane Sues Airline : The Two-Way We all should've seen this one coming. The passenger found sleeping on a United Express plane four hours after it arrived at Dulles International Airport is suing the airline.

The Two-Way Breaking News From NPR Passenger Found Sleeping On Empty Plane Sues Airline Passenger Found Sleeping On Empty Plane Sues Airline The passenger found sleeping on a United Express plane four hours after it arrived at Dulles International Airport this week isn't snoozing in asserting her legal rights; she's suing the airline for failing to roust her from its airplane. According to Reuters: Ginger McGuire, 36, is suing for false imprisonment, infliction of emotional distress and negligence, her attorney Geoffrey Fieger told the U.S. newspaper Detroit Free Press. McGuire fell asleep on a late-night United Express flight from Washington, D.C., to Philadelphia. She failed to wake up after the 50-passenger plane touched down at 12:27 a.m. 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, said the newspaper. "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 told the paper. The Two-Way Breaking News From NPR NPR thanks our sponsors Become an NPR sponsor