An aircraft steward believed he was comforting an Australian woman when he allegedly put his hands down her pants on a Malaysia Airlines flight, the female passenger has revealed.
Channel Seven's Sunday Night will air a tell-all interview with 26-year-old Laura Bushney, who recorded the moment Mohd Rosli Bin Ab Karim, a married man with three children, put his hands under a blanket and down her pants while working.
Mr Rosli allegedly touched Bushney's upper thigh before putting his hands under her clothing after being under the impression he was "comforting her".
"He's massaging my legs, I'm so scared I just want to get off this plane," Bushney can be heard saying on the recording. "I don't want to see you, go away, you give me the creeps you dirty old man."
Bushney was travelling by herself when the 54-year-old steward allegedly sexually assaulted her, causing her to "freeze in panic". Bushney recorded the incident on her iPhone under a blanket as well as another face-to-face altercation after the incident when Rosli realised he had been in the wrong.
"I just keep saying, 'Why didn't I scream, why didn't I shout?'" Bushney told Sunday Night reporter Ross Coulthart. "I am a strong person because I can do that, I know I can. But when I was in the moment, I couldn't. I felt so scared and so petrified."
After MH20 touched down on August 4, Mr Rosli was detained by police at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport and remains in custody after making admissions relating to the sexual assault.
Given the disappearance of MH370 in March and the MH17 tragedy last month, Malaysia Airlines confirmed the allegations but has done very little to improve its tarnished image after making no attempt to offer compensation or counselling to the victim.
"Malaysia Airlines can confirm that the following allegations by a passenger travelling on flight MH20 from Kuala Lumpar to Paris of inappropriate sexual behaviour by a member of the cabin crew, the member of staff has been detained for questioning by the French police," said the statement.
"Malaysia Airlines expects and accepts nothing short of the highest standards of conduct from its crew and takes any such allegations very seriously."
Sunday Night airs 8.45pm Sunday, August 24 on Seven.
