FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines has distanced itself from a court filing in which the carrier said a 9-year-old girl should have noticed there was a camera taped to the seat of an airplane lavatory.
A former flight attendant is accused of luring girls to use the lavatory after taping his iPhone to the toilet seat.
The 9-year-old’s family flew from Texas to California on American last year and sued the airline after the FBI told them that videos of the girl were found on the flight attendant’s phone.
An American spokesperson said Thursday that outside lawyers working for the company “made an error in this filing.”.
“We do not believe this child is at fault, and we take the allegations involving a former team member very seriously,” the spokesperson said.
Lawyers for the airline amended the filing Wednesday in a state district court in Austin, Texas.
The charges he faces carry maximum sentences of up to 30 and 20 years in prison and fines of up to $250,000. »