BOSTON (AP) — The family of a 14-year-old girl who allegedly found a phone taped to the back of a toilet seat on a recent flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Boston says she was targeted by members of the organization. He said he believed it was done. crew.
On American Airlines Flight 1441 on September 2nd, the girl was asked by a male flight attendant to use the first class bathroom. According to a written statement released by her family, her crew boarded her just before the 14-year-old, told her her seat was broken but she didn’t need to worry, and she departed. She later went back into the bathroom.
After using the toilet, the girl noticed that a mostly hidden iPhone had been stuck behind the toilet seat, apparently to record her. She took a picture of this on her own cell phone before leaving the bathroom.
“These events have shocked and deeply disturbed our daughter and our entire family,” the family said in a statement.
Paul Llewellyn, a lawyer representing the family, said the family had not yet filed a lawsuit.
After the plane landed on September 2nd, law enforcement officers met it at the gate. Massachusetts State Police escorted a flight attendant off the plane.
State police then deferred to the FBI as the lead investigative agency because the incident occurred in the air and the FBI has jurisdiction over it.
An FBI spokeswoman had no comment at the time. An email to the FBI on Monday was not immediately returned.
American Airlines said in a statement after the incident that airline officials said, “Because safety and security are our top priorities, we take this matter very seriously and will fully cooperate with law enforcement in their investigation.” “