A “friend” of a flyer is publicly accusing American Airlines of stealing an Apple iPhone that was left onboard, after they allegedly found pictures of a flight attendant in the phone owner’s iCloud account. American directed them to call or send a direct message on Twitter.
An American Airlines flight attendant is facing accusations of theft after the friend of a flyer publicly accused the carrier of stealing a cell phone. In a Twitter exchange, the individual reaching out on behalf of “a friend” says they determined the phone had been stolen after a flight attendant’s photos allegedly appeared on the phone owner’s iCloud stream.
According to the account given on Twitter, the unidentified friend lost her cell phone while flying with American. After deboarding, the individual alerted a flight attendant about the situation, who allegedly said they would try to find it. After what they say was a brief search, the flight attendant said the phone could not be found. Days later, the friend allegedly found self-photographs of the flight attendant on her iCloud stream – pictures they claim were taken from the stolen cell phone.
A friend of mine lost her phone on an @AmericanAir flight and realized while deboarding. She tried to turn around (still on plane) and FA told her to deplane, she’d look and bring it to her. FA told her she found nothing. Days later, selfies of FA appear in her iCloud. Explain. pic.twitter.com/vYI32pWeSa
— Bobby Johnson (@BobbyJohnson89_) February 3, 2018
In the back-and-forth between the accuser and American, the airline asked the friend to direct the flyer to their Lost and Found, followed by asking the owner of the phone to contact American directly. In a statement to airlines-passenger-loses-phone-on-flight-and-days-later-selfies-of-flight-attendant-appear-in-her-icloud/” target=”_blank”>The Sun, the carrier did not directly address the accusations, but instead claimed the original phone owner has not come forward.
“We asked to have the actual passenger reach out to us in order of us to obtain additional information,” the statement reads. “But at this time, the actual passenger has not reached out to us.”
FlyerTalk has reached out to the accuser and American to see if the case has been resolved.
UPDATE: In a statement to FlyerTalk, American spokesperson Ross Feinstein says the allegations came from American Airlines Flight 393 from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) to Mexico City International Airport (MEX) on December 24, 2017. After a review, the airline found no evidence of theft among their staff.
“The original passenger did reach out to American, and our corporate security team spoke with her directly,” Feinstein told FlyerTalk. “The photo in the tweet does not match any of our crew members who worked that flight and/or any of our team members in Mexico City.”
The accuser tweeted to FlyerTalk that his friend has not yet recovered her phone, but is “…trying to work with American Airlines to resolve the issue.”
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