1999-08 · NASA ASRS report 446837
FLT ATTENDANT RPT; B757; DFW-MIA; FEMALE PAX SEXUALLY HARASSED BY MALE PAX. CREW TO PRESS CHARGES; BLACKLISTED ON RETURN FLT.
PAX IN QUESTION ARRIVED FOR DEP LATE (DOOR WAS CLOSED). PAX SVC AGENT OPENED THE DOOR FOR PAX. HE DID NOT HAVE A SEAT ASSIGNMENT. PAX WAS TOLD TO TAKE ANY OPEN SEAT IN COACH. #4 FLT ATTENDANT APCHED ME ABOUT MID-FLT AND STATED THAT THE PAX IN QUESTION ASKED OTHER PAX TO MOVE BECAUSE HE WANTED TO SIT IN THEIR SEAT. #4 FLT ATTENDANT TOLD PAX IN QUESTION THAT WAS NOT APPROPRIATE; THAT HE SHOULD TAKE ANY UNOCCUPIED SEAT. PAX CHOSE A MIDDLE SEAT (MID CABIN) BTWN 2 FEMALE PAX. FLT DEPARTED ON TIME. SOME TIME DURING THE SVC; ONE OF THE FEMALE PAX (27 YRS OLD) APCHED #4 FLT ATTENDANT AND ASKED TO BE RESEATED BECAUSE THE PAX IN QUESTION WAS TOUCHING HER INAPPROPRIATELY. FEMALE PAX WAS MOVED. ONCE THE SVC WAS OVER; #4 FLT ATTENDANT TOLD ME (#1 FLT ATTENDANT) OF THE SIT. FEMALE PAX WAS APCHED AND ASKED IF SHE WANTED SECURITY TO MEET THE FLT IN MIA. FEMALE PAX REFUSED. THE CAPT WAS NOTIFIED. CAPT REQUESTED WITNESS NAMES AND PAX IN QUESTION'S NAME. THIS WRITTEN; I APCHED PAX; REQUESTED TO SEE HIS TICKETS TO OBTAIN PAX'S NAME AND PHONE NUMBER OFF TICKETS FOR RPT. THE CREW'S CONCERN WAS THAT THE PAX IN QUESTION HAD A RETURN TICKET ON AUG/XA/99 FROM MIA-LAX AND IF THE FEMALE PAX DIDN'T WANT TO PRESS CHARGES; THE PAX IN QUESTION COULD REPEAT THIS BEHAVIOR ON HIS RETURN FLT OR POSSIBLY BE SEATED NEXT TO AN UNACCOMPANIED MINOR AND REPEAT INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR.
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Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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