A woman in the United States has claimed that a man she was sitting next to on a United Airlines flight started masturbating while staring at her. The 25-year-old paedriatic crisis therapist told NBC News that the encounter took place on a flight from Rochester, New York, to Newark, New Jersey, on September 3 and the crew ignored her concerns, asking her to sit back down next to him.
The woman said the man appeared to be aged around 35 to 40 and was “pretty normal looking”.
The woman reported the incident to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the FBI, and United Airlines.
She then moved away from the man and reported the incident to the crew, who allowed her to stand during the hour-long flight. The woman later reported the incident to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the FBI, and United Airlines.
When she raised her concern, one of the crew members told her “What am I supposed to do about it?” and asked the woman to contact police on her own. a United Airlines spokesperson said they are investigating the incident While the FBI and FAA have not commented on the incident.
