Civil Complaint Filed for Sexual Assault of Female Passenger on an American Airlines Flight

Civil Complaint Filed for Sexual Assault of Female Passenger on an American Airlines Flight

The FBI has communicated directly with American Airlines and other airlines in recent years about the growing risk of in-flight sexual assaults of passengers by fellow passengers, particularly on “red eye” overnight flights when the cabin is dark and crew and fellow passengers are less active. Further, American Airlines had notice of a 2023 sexual assault complaint against a particular passenger, Texas-based Cherian Abraham. Yet, American Airlin…