Katy Inzer, 46, was arrested after allegedly masturbating on an American Airlines flight from Baltimore to Miami last month, according to an incident report filed by the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.
The lewd act occurred shortly after takeoff on the evening flight on September 11, the report stated. A fellow passenger complained to a flight attendant that Inzer had “remove(d) her pants and began to actively masturbate while making inappropriate sounds.”
When the attendant approached her, Inzer put her pants back on and “fell asleep for the remainder of the flight,” according to the report.
Officers noted Inzer had “a strong odor of alcohol [sic] beverage and bloodshot eyes” when they approached her in Florida. She told them she did not remember the alleged sexual misconduct because she “fell asleep.”
The case was forwarded to the FBI because the jurisdiction of the alleged offense was unclear, according to The Smoking Gun, which first reported the incident. The Post had reached out to the FBI for an update.
The alleged incident came just a week before a United Airlines passenger claimed she was forced to sit next to a masturbating man on an early morning flight from Rochester to Newark. That passenger was offered a $100 credit.
The US Department of Transportation urges anyone who observes sexual misconduct on a plane to “report the incident promptly” to the flight crew or law enforcement at the destination.
Last year, the FBI said it had investigated 104 incidents of sexual assault and misconduct aboard commercial aircraft in 2024.
Neither Inzer nor sheriff’s officials immediately responded to a request for comment from The Post.