PAX STATES TO CABIN ATTENDANT THAT A MAN MOLESTED HER 3 YR OLD SON. HE WAS IN THE SEAT NEXT TO HIM; THEN MOVED AWAY. AFTER INTERVIEWING THE MOTHER; THE BOY AND HIS SISTER; THE CABIN ATTENDANT ASKED THE CAPT TO HAVE POLICE; FLT SVC AND LEAD AGENT MEET THE ACFT. RPTR HAS 33 YRS OF EXPERIENCE AS A FLT ATTENDANT AND IS QUALIFIED ON 4 ACFT.

Date: 1997-06 · Aircraft: DC-10 Undifferentiated or Other Model

Anomalies: other-unspecified

Synopsis

PAX STATES TO CABIN ATTENDANT THAT A MAN MOLESTED HER 3 YR OLD SON. HE WAS IN THE SEAT NEXT TO HIM; THEN MOVED AWAY. AFTER INTERVIEWING THE MOTHER; THE BOY AND HIS SISTER; THE CABIN ATTENDANT ASKED THE CAPT TO HAVE POLICE; FLT SVC AND LEAD AGENT MEET THE ACFT. RPTR HAS 33 YRS OF EXPERIENCE AS A FLT ATTENDANT AND IS QUALIFIED ON 4 ACFT.

Narrative

PAX; MRS X; CAME INTO THE FORWARD SVC CTR TO TELL ME THE PAX IN SEAT XXC HAD TOUCHED HER 3 YR OLD SON'S PENIS (ON TOP OF HIS CLOTHING). PAX; MRS X; EXPLAINED THE MAN HAD TOUCHED HER SON'S HEAD FIRST AND THEN HIS PENIS AREA. MRS X SAID SHE TOLD THE MAN 'DON'T.' SHE SAID HE LOOKED AT HER AND LAUGHED. THE FOREIGN MAN THEN MOVED TO A SEAT NEAR THE FRONT OF ZONE B. THE TOUR DIRECTOR MOVED TO HIS XXC SEAT. THIS FOREIGN MAN APPARENTLY MOVED TO BE NEAR HIS WIFE. I ASKED WHEN THIS HAD HAPPENED AND MRS X TOLD ME IT WAS BEFORE DRINKS WERE SERVED IN THE MAIN CABIN. I TOLD MRS X TO POINT THIS PAX OUT. HE WAS SLEEPING AT THIS TIME AND CONTINUED TO DO SO UNTIL JUST BEFORE WE LANDED. I ASKED THE FLT ATTENDANTS TO WATCH HIM AS I HAD OTHER CHILDREN ON THE FLT; INCLUDING UNACCOMPANIED MINORS. I TOLD CAPT OF THE INCIDENT AND ASKED HIM TO HAVE THE POLICE; FLT SVC; AND LEAD AGENTS MEET THE FLT. I TALKED TO PAX Y IN SEAT XXD AND ASKED HIM IF HE SAW ANYTHING. HE SAID HE DIDN'T SEE THE INCIDENT. I ALSO TALKED WITH MRS X; HER SON AGE 3; AND DAUGHTER AGE 6. HER DAUGHTER RELATED SHE SAW THE INCIDENT. MRS X SAID HER HUSBAND WASN'T ABLE TO GET ON OUR FLT AND WAS TAKING A DIFFERENT ACR FLT LEAVING ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS OUR FLT. THE FLT WAS MET BY AT LEAST 4 POLICE; FLT SVC AND PAX SVC. THE POLICE WERE FROM THE PACIFIC DIVISION. CAPT AND I STAYED WITH MRS X AT THE GATE AREA. I THEN WALKED MRS X TO THE BAGGAGE CLAIM AREA. WE WAITED IN THE FRONT OF THE ARPT UNTIL HER HUSBAND ARRIVED IN A RENTED CAR. 2 AGENTS ALSO REMAINED IN THE AREA.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.