Drunk man harasses woman, her daughter on flight; lawsuit filed against airlines

A case filed against Delta Air Lines in Brooklyn Federal lawsuit claimed that a passenger onboard consumed at least ten vodka drinks and a glass of wine and harassed a 16-year-old girl and her mother midair, reported the New York Times.

A case filed against Delta Air Lines in Brooklyn Federal lawsuit claimed that a passenger onboard consumed at least ten vodka drinks and a glass of wine and harassed a 16-year-old girl and her mother midair, reported the New York Times.

According to the complainant, flight attendants “blatantly ignored” the abuse hurled by the man and abandoned the mother-daughter duo at his mercy.

“What happened to them during a flight was not just a nightmare, it was completely preventable," the family’s lawyer, Evan Brustein, was quoted as saying by the NYT.

The complainant also alleged that during the nine-hour-long journey, the flight attendants did not stop serving alcohol to the abuser. The attendants -- instead of taking stern action -- purportedly urged the woman to be patient.

According to the complaint, the staff also refused to relocate the duo and just urged the abuser to avoid engaging with them.

The teen felt "the intoxicated Delta passenger’s clammy fingers underneath her shirt climbing up her back â€æfingering her bra strap and moving over her body," according to the 2 million US dollar lawsuit.

Meanwhile, the man’s identity remains unknown, but some media reports claimed he’s a resident of Connecticut in the United States.

After the incident came to the fore, the airline declined to provide any comments regarding the case, but stressed that it “has zero tolerance for customers who engage in inappropriate or unlawful behaviour."