Man arrested on plane over lewd act at US airport

Shocked passengers have watched police handcuff a traveller and pull him off a flight after an alleged lewd act.

A man has been arrested after allegedly exposing himself to a younger traveller at a US airport. Picture: City of Atlanta Police Department / FOX 5 Atlanta

A man has been handcuffed and pulled off a flight by police after he allegedly exposed himself to a young traveller at a US airport.

The alleged lewd act happened while waiting to board a Frontier Airlines flight to Florida at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Major Kelley Collier from the City of Atlanta Police Department said Andrei Galynine had been caught on video exposing himself while looking at an unknown younger traveller.

“Another traveller who saw this unknown traveller acting suspiciously began to record him. While recording him, he exposed himself,” Major Collier said, appearing on FOX 5 Atlanta.

Andrei Galynine has been arrested after allegedly exposing himself to a younger traveller at a US airport. Picture: City of Atlanta Police Department / FOX 5 Atlanta

The suspect was able to board his flight to Fort Lauderdale, Florida and went on with his trip, but police tracked his travel and were there to arrest him when he landed back in Atlanta.

Police body camera footage showed officers boarding the packed flight, handcuffing Galynine and escorting him off the aircraft as passengers watched on.

He was arrested when his flight home from his trip landed in Atlanta. Picture: City of Atlanta Police Department / FOX 5 Atlanta

“Having only the video with no other information, officers and investigators did an outstanding job of identifying the suspect,” Major Collier told the station.

He added that Galynine “had previous dealings with law enforcement for similar acts”.

“We’re hopeful this time things are put in place to change his behaviour,” he said.

Major Kelley Collier said a woman had recorded the alleged lewd act and reported it to police. They then tracked his travels and arrested him when he arrived back in the city. Picture: City of Atlanta Police Department / FOX 5 Atlanta

As to why police did not stop the suspect from boarding the flight to Florida, FOX 5 Atlanta reported that the woman who recorded what she thought was suspicious behaviour did not know the alleged act had occurred until she played the footage back.

She then reported it to police.

Galynine was charged with public indecency, the station reported.

news.com.au has contacted City of Atlanta Police Department and Frontier Airlines for further comment.

Police said he “had previous dealings with law enforcement for similar acts”. Picture: City of Atlanta Police Department / FOX 5 Atlanta

The incident comes just two months after a US doctor was charged after allegedly exposing himself and masturbating next to a 14-year-old girl on a flight from Hawaii while other passengers slept.

Dr Sudipta Mohanty, a 33-year-old primary care physician in Boston, allegedly had his pants unzipped and masturbated until ejaculation.

When Dr Mohanty went to the plane’s bathroom, the girl moved to an empty seat in another row for the rest of the flight because she felt “disgusted and very uncomfortable”, according to charging documents seen by New York Post.

He denied the allegation, saying, “I have no recollection of that”.