A shocking video has captured the moment a male flight attendant was caught recording the underskirt of a woman with his phone as she boarded an Aeromexico flight in Mexico.
The particular flight attendant was reputed to have been in the habit of doing this to women wearing skirts or blouses but was only caught on camera doing this to a woman wearing a short pleated skirt.
In the clip, which has sparked outrage online, the flight attendant was seen using his phone to film up the woman’s skirt as she boards the plane. He slides his phone camera forward— which was facing up — across the floor as she walks along the aisle to her seat on the plane.
He disguised the shocking act by pretending to look in a drawer on the ground. He kept his head bowed down as he went through the contents of the drawer, which appeared to contain mini alcohol bottles, while sliding his phone to film up her skirt without looking at her.
The man, who was reportedly working on an Aeromexico flight, failed to notice he was being recorded by another passenger, who had, apparently, seen him do the same thing to another woman.
The person who recorded the clip sent the video to a journalist, claiming the woman in the video was not the first person this happened to on the flight, but she was the first one captured on video.
The reporter they informed has since shared it online with the caption: “It happened in #Aeromexico, women must be free from being sexually harassed. The person who filmed the footage shared it with me with the message: ‘Ximena, good morning! I am very sorry to bother you, I wanted to send you this information, it just happened at this moment.”
Airline Aeromexico issued a statement saying they would be launching an investigation tribunal.
A spokesperson said: “Aeromexico, in agreement with the Mexican Aviation Flight Attendants Union Association (ASSA de Mexico), regrets what happened and reiterates that no inappropriate conduct will be allowed in its operations.”
Upskirting is the practice of taking non-consensual photographs and video from underneath a person’s clothing, usually to capture images of their underwear or even genitalia. It is illegal in England and Wales, parts of Europe, Asia and some states in America.
Watch the video here.
