TORONTO – A Malaysia Airlines cabin crew member has been detained for police questioning in France over an allegation of sexual assault.
According to The Sydney Morning Herald, a male flight attendant is accused of sexually assaulted an Australian passenger who was scared of flying with the troubled airline.
“Malaysia Airlines can confirm that following allegations by a passenger travelling on flight MH20 from Kuala Lumpur to Paris on 4th August 2014 of inappropriate sexual behaviour by a member of the cabin crew, the member of staff in question has been detained for questioning by the French police,” read a statement from Malaysia Airlines.
According to the Daily Mail, the suspect sat beside the female passenger and allegedly assaulted her with the idea of “comforting” her, a source told the British tabloid.
“Malaysia Airlines expects and accepts nothing short of the highest standards of conduct from its crew and takes any such allegations very seriously,” the company said.
The incident marks yet another setback for the embattled airline.
In March, Flight MH370 vanished from radar just hours after take-off, with 239 people on board. The jet has yet to be found.
In July, Flight MH17 was shot down over Ukrainian airspace killing all 298 people on board.
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