Authorities investigating US man for misconduct in plane
Denver, May 22: Denver-based Frontier Airlines confirmed that it is investigating the conduct of a male passenger who allegedly touched two women in an unwelcome manner and urinated inside the plane cabin during a flight last week.
The incident occurred on May 17 aboard Flight 864 from Denver to Charleston and the local police arrested the man 30 minutes after the aircraft landed, Efe news reported quoting the airline. The flight which left Denver at 3 p.m. lasted for three-and-a-half hours.
According to the airline, it had "been made aware of this situation" and is working with the "appropriate authorities" to investigate the man's behaviour.
However, it didn't provide any further details about the accusations made by other passengers on the flight, who claimed that he physically and verbally harassed two women and then urinated on the back of the seat in front of him.
As stated in the complaint filed against the man, later identified in FBI documents as Michael Allen Haag, he consumed two double vodka tonics during the flight and seemed to be "intoxicated and possibly high", according to a passenger.
A female passenger said that the man apparently touched a sleeping woman and then began asking another woman questions about her sex life.
She added that the flight crew merely "warned" the man over his behaviour but took no other action to ensure that he did not continue with it following which she decided to start photographing the man.
Meanwhile, Frontier spokesman Richard Oliver said, "The safety and security of our passengers is the top priority at Frontier."
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
