Tickle The WireFBI Warns of Soaring Cases of Sexual Assaults on Airplanes - Tickle The Wire

By Steve Neavling
Ticklethewire.com

The FBI is warning flyers that sexual assaults on airplanes are soaring.

The bureau, which handles criminal activity aboard domestic airplanes, said sexual assaults jump from 38 in 2014 to 63 in 2017.

It wasn’t clear what caused the spike in sexual assaults, but the FBI said most of the victims were women and children.

Sexual assaults also are more likely to occur on long flights, especially when the victim is sleeping or has been drinking.

The FBI is encouraging victims to immediately report sexual assaults so that agents can respond in time to investigate and make an arrest.