After the incident, Thompson was “immediately withheld from service” and hasn’t worked for American Airlines since, the company said in a statement.
Estes Carter Thompson Lynchburg Adult Detention Center“We take these allegations very seriously,” American Airlines said in its statement.
“It is alleged that, beneath the red stickers, Thompson had concealed his iPhone to record a video,” the release said.
The girl took a picture of the concealed phone and returned to her seat to show her parents, it said.
The parents notified other flight attendants, who then told the plane’s captain, who in turn alerted law enforcement on the ground, prosecutors said.
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