Man arrested, put hand up flight attendant’s skirt

A passenger who was flying from London to New York is facing a federal criminal charge after he allegedly placed his hand up the skirt of a flight attendant and grabbed her genital area and began to run his fingers back and forth. The incident, which occurred on a British Airways flight bound for John F. Kennedy International Airport, resulted in the arrest of Iurii Chumak, 53. A second flight attendant saw Chumak grab the first flight attendant’s genital area and immediately approached the passenger and placed him in restraints. The second attendant told the FBI that a male passenger had previously complained that Chumak–drinking from a bottle of Dewar’s–had bothered and verbally abused his wife.  More