On Tuesday morning, a 22-year-old woman named Tia Jackson boarded a Spirit Airlines flight from Detroit from Atlanta. While dozing, she says she noticed the man next to her touch her thigh. She moved away, but alleges that once she did “he slid his hands in my pants and then he touched my thigh and then part of my butt.” She told People that he was also “pleasuring himself” beneath his jacket.
in New York federal court alleged that two JetBlue pilots drugged and raped three flight attendants in May 2018, during a layover in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The number of reports appears to be on the rise: In 2014, 38 reported cases of in-flight sexual assault were . In 2017, there were 63 cases. Those numbers don’t account for unreported cases. It’s impossible to know whether the increased number is due to a rise in assaults in the air or increased reporting of such incidents., “the safety of our passengers and crew members is our No. 1 priority at Frontier Airlines and we have strict policies in place to proactively and appropriately respond to reports of misconduct and alleged crimes,” but would not comment on the litigation.
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