Russian passenger who attacked crew in midair meltdown learns fate

Kristina Kedysheva, 37, faced a maximum of 21 years behind bars on federal charges of interfering with a flight crew and assault aboard an aircraft. “She wasn’t prosecuted, she was removed by immigration authorities,” said Assistant US Attorney Andrew McCormack, according to the Asbury Park Press.

But federal prosecutors in Maine have now abandoned the case after the Russian national was removed from the United States.