Congress seeks review of sexual misconduct on airline flights

As sexual misconduct claims upend Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court, providing fresh fuel to the #MeToo movement, Congress wants to evaluate how airlines handle claims of sex-related impropriety during flights.

Passenger-on-passenger harassment is often not reported to the FBI, the agency that oversees such cases. While one in five flight attendants say they have been informed of sexual assaults, law enforcement was notified less than half of the time, according to a 2017 survey from the Association of Flight Attendants.