PENSACOLA, FLORIDA — A Florida woman is in custody after she hatched the perfect plan to fake a medical issue on an hour and forty minute-long flight in order to get a bigger seat. <br /><br />Okay—maybe her plan had a few tiny holes before lift off.<br />NBC News reports the incident occurred on an American Airlines flight from Pensacola to Miami last Friday morning. <br />According to an American Airlines statement to NBC News, American Eagle 3508 took off at 5:43 a.m. <br />After the plane was in the air, the woman, who has not been identified, started pretending she had trouble breathing as part of her scheme to get a free upgrade. <br />She reportedly told flight attendants, who then told the pilot, who then turned the entire plane around—and around—and around some more before finally landing back at Pensacola at 6:26 a.m. <br />According to NBC News, flight crews then called the police to Pensacola International Airport, where the woman admitted she had made up the problem to get a bigger seat on the plane. <br />At first, Little Miss Sunshine refused to get off the plane, which then prompted a complete evacuation of the plane. <br />She finally got her behind off the plane and was then taken into custody by the police. <br />The flight finally got on its way at 7:41 a.m. <br />Criminal charges have not been filed yet against the woman, but she still may get charged. <br />Imagine what she would have come up with if this had actually been a long haul flight.
