Attacks on 3 female passengers on separate flights prompt warning on uptick in sexual violence on planes
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Female passengers were allegedly attacked by three different men on planes in "alarming increase in sexual abuse cases aboard aircraft," federal prosecutors said.
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From 2019 to 2021, there was a 25% increase in investigations of sexual misconduct on planes, according to the FBI.
In 2018, there were 27 sexual misconduct investigations on planes, which spiked to 90 in 2022 and 63 in 2023, as of August 2023, according to the most recent FBI stats.
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