Press Conference: Lawsuit Filed for Sexual Assault of Female Passenger on an American Airlines Flight

National civil rights trial firm Romanucci & Blandin and California-based National Sexual Assault co-counsel Nadrich Law Corporation and The Law Offices of Michael A. Kahn announce the filing of a lawsuit holding those responsible accountable.

The FBI has communicated directly with American Airlines and other airlines in recent years about the growing risk of in-flight sexual assaults of passengers by fellow passengers, particularly on “red eye” overnight flights when the cabin is dark and crew and fellow passengers are less active. Further, American Airlines had notice of a 2023 sexual assault complaint against a particular passenger, Texas-based Cherian Abraham. Yet, American Airlines continued to let this perpetrator fly, putting profits over passenger safety and directly putting Barbara Morgan at risk the night of April 24, 2024. American’s decisions and actions directly led to her sexual assault, and then further traumatized her by ignoring her complaints after the attack. American Airlines allowed this predator to fly and to assault another woman after Barbara Morgan, until the FBI stepped in, and he was criminally charged.