FLT ATTENDANT RPT; MD11; NRT-DFW; INTOXICATED; SEXUALLY AGGRESSIVE PAX ARRESTED BY FBI IN DFW.

Date: 1999-03 · Aircraft: MD-11 · Phase: cruise

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|flight-deck-cabin-aircraft-event-passenger-misconduct

Synopsis

FLT ATTENDANT RPT; MD11; NRT-DFW; INTOXICATED; SEXUALLY AGGRESSIVE PAX ARRESTED BY FBI IN DFW.

Narrative

A PAX HAD BEEN SEXUALLY HARASSING WOMEN PHYSICALLY AND VERBALLY. HE HAD BEEN WARNED TO REMAIN IN HIS SEAT AND TO STOP ACCOSTING PAX. DURING AN ATTEMPT TO HAND A BEVERAGE TO A PAX; HE GRABBED MY THIGH WITH HIS HANDS AND RUBBED MY LEG (I WAS WEARING SLACKS). I HIT HIS SHOULDER AND SAID 'STOP!' HE DID NOT BOTHER ANYONE AFTER THAT. I BELIEVE HE HAD A COMPULSIVE DISORDER. HE COULD NOT CTL HIMSELF AND SEEMED ASHAMED. WHEN WE WERE NOT AROUND; HE WOULD CONTINUE TO APCH WOMEN AND BOTHER THEM. WE HAD TO MOVE 2 WOMEN UP TO BUSINESS CLASS BECAUSE IT WAS FULL IN THE MAIN CABIN; AND THEY WERE UPSET. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT THE MAN SPOKE SOMEWHAT GOOD ENGLISH; WITH A UNITED STATES PASSPORT; SO HE CLRLY UNDERSTOOD THE ORDER TO STOP HIS BEHAVIOR. SHE SAID THAT SHE THOUGHT HE WAS COMPULSIVE; BECAUSE EVERY TIME HE WAS WARNED ABOUT HIS BEHAVIOR; HE WOULD COVER HIS FACE AND SAY 'I'M SORRY; I'M SORRY;' AND THEN CONTINUE HIS BEHAVIOR LATER ON. SHE SAID HE WAS DRINKING HEAVILY; AND THE CREW BELIEVED HE WAS STEALING THE LIQUOR MINIATURES; BECAUSE HIS SEAT POCKET WAS FULL OF EMPTY BOTTLES. THE CAPT CALLED FOR AUTHS; AND THE FBI ARRESTED HIM ON ARR AT DFW.

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