An Aeroméxico flight attendant’s conduct is being investigated after a video emerged where the man seems to be upskirting a woman who was boarding the plane.
Upskirting is the practice of taking non-consensual photographs or 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 the US.
The 8-second clip was shared on social media platform X, prompting an investigation by the carrier after seeing the video.
“We are aware of a co-worker of the airline performing an inappropriate action,” the airline stated, adding that “Aeroméxico, in agreement with the Mexican Aviation Flight Attendants Union Association (ASSA de Mexico), regrets what happened and reiterates that no appropriate conduct will be allowed in its operations.”
In the video, the male flight attendant was seen using his phone to film up a woman’s skirt as she boards a plane. As it seems from the video, he appears to slide his phone camera — which was facing up — across the floor as the passenger walks past him to board the plane.
Reports claim the man was allegedly trying to cover up the shocking act by pretending to look in a drawer on the ground. During the entire time, he kept is 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 the woman’s skirt without looking at her.
The video was filmed by another passenger, in line, waiting to board. The person who recorded the clip sent it to a journalist, claiming the woman in the video was not the first person being targeted on the flight, but she was the first one captured on video.
The journalist reacted online: “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.”
