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Passenger says United ‘trapped’ her next to a man who masturbated on flight. Then the airline let him leave. (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by nocturne@slrpnk.net to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Edit: Original site is paywalled and seeming to not always load, here is another article about the incident: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/united-airlines-flight-masturbating-incident/6551525/

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[–] Carighan@piefed.world 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah I suspect the "let him leave" wasn't down to United in this case, if law enforcement doesn't want to pick him up at deboarding they can't do much. Hopefully he gets charged, but it'd require the police to detain him on touchdown.

[–] DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

There is no reason they need to detain you to charge you.

[–] Carighan@piefed.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah that was my point, sorry if I expressed it badly. That he'll probably be charged, but detainment if warranted would have come down to the police picking him up, related to a criminal charge and independent of a civil case by United.

[–] phx@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

Snagging him right at the arrival gate seems pretty reasonable, and certainly security has done so after flights for many various offenses in the past.

But yeah, at the very least they should know who the guy was and be able to provide information to the authorities in order to press charges.