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A passenger who was flying from London to New York is facing a federal criminal charge after he allegedly placed his hand up the skirt of a flight attendant and “grabbed her genital area” and “began to run his fingers back and forth,” according to an FBI agent.

It’s 4 p.m. on a Friday in an unfamiliar city. It’s been a struggle to communicate with taxi drivers, and you’re always pretty sure that you’re heading in the wrong direction. You’ve had to work all week, scheduling meetings in corporate towers and engaging in enough small talk to last you a lifetime. Now, back in your hotel, all you want is to collapse into a wingback chair, and eat some freshly baked scones with clotted cream while someone in formal attire sneaks up beside you to silently pour some hot Orange Pekoe into a real china cup.

In the video below, the former beauty queen who held the Miss America title in 2003, Susie Castillo, says a TSA “screener” fondled her vagina during an intrusive pat-down.

A Hong Kong airline is making all its cabin crew take kung fu lessons to help them to deal with drunk and unruly passengers. Hong Kong Airlines said all staff had been invited to undergo training in wing chun -- a form of kung fu used in close-range combat -- but it was only compulsory for cabin crew, the Sunday Morning Post reported.

In the wake of several recent instances of air traffic controllers sleeping on the job, the Federal Aviation Administration is promising a "top-to-bottom review" of current policies, though some scientists say controlled naps are just what tired workers need.