US girl, 14, finds phone taped to toilet seat on American Airlines flight: family
- The family say the girl was told by a male crew member to use the first-class bathroom, which he went in before and after her
- She allegedly realised an iPhone had been fixed to the back of the seat, apparently to record her, and was ‘shocked and profoundly disturbed’
The family of a 14-year-old girl who allegedly discovered an iPhone taped to the back of a toilet seat on a flight from Charlotte in North Carolina to Boston said they believe she was targeted by a member of the crew.
During the September 2 American Airlines flight 1441, the girl was told by a male member of the crew to use the first-class bathroom. The crew member entered just before the youngster, told her the seat was broken but not to worry about it and then re-entered the bathroom after she left, her family said in a written statement.
After using the toilet, the girl realised that a largely obscured iPhone had been affixed to the back of the toilet seat, apparently to record her. She took a picture of this with her own phone before leaving the bathroom.
“These events have left our daughter - and entire family - shocked and profoundly disturbed,” the family wrote in a statement.
Paul Llewellyn, a lawyer representing the family, said they have not yet filed a lawsuit.
03:12
Happy 50th birthday to the cellphone: inventor remembers the first mobile call
Law enforcement officers met the plane at the gate after it landed. Massachusetts State Police escorted a flight attendant off the flight.
