Man Claims His Spouse Was Assaulted, Racially Abused on Phoenix-Certain Flight

Particulars on the alleged assault on Saarah Sareshwala had been posted on Twitter on Sept. 25 by her husband, Faraaz Sareshwala, a Google software program engineer. He stated the incident occurred earlier that day.

As a part of his claims, Faraaz posted a picture of the person who allegedly assaulted and harassed his spouse with racial slurs.

Based on her husband’s Twitter posts, Saarah was returning to Phoenix from a weeklong “Grace Hopper Convention” in Florida, and he or she was resting her head on the tray desk, making an attempt to get some sleep.

“This man violently pushed his seat again in an try to harm
@saarahfaraaz whereas her head was there. After coming to, she initially thought it was an accident; somebody falling down in their very own seat after getting back from the lavatory or one thing,” Faraaz stated on Twitter.

He stated that his spouse initially thought it was an accident, and that she might need bumped her head on the person’s seat whereas sleeping. Saarah went to the lavatory to test if her head was injured. She didn’t change any phrases with the person both earlier than or after the incident.

“Sitting subsequent to her had been a mom and daughter who had been awake when this all occurred. They requested for ice from the crew for Saarah and confronted the person,” Faraaz stated.

The person insulted them, Faraaz stated, and started swearing, saying that Saarah “received what was coming for her.”

“Whereas Saarah was within the lavatory, flight attendants started serving drinks. The person and his spouse mentioned utilizing their seat on this manner once more in order that Saarah’s drink would spill on her,” Faraaz stated.

Gabi, the youthful of the 2 girls sitting near Saarah, handed her some notes, together with one detailing what occurred.

Here is one of many pages that Gabi [last name redacted], one in all Saarah’s seatmates, wrote down: pic.twitter.com/oBfsCkQlOZ

— Faraaz Sareshwala (@fsareshwala) September 25, 2022

On one word, Gabi stated that Saarah had bumped the person’s seat along with her head whereas she was sleeping. As an alternative of “having a civilized dialogue along with her”, the person slammed his seat again and stated swear phrases and racial slurs in opposition to Saarah.

Whereas Saarah was within the lavatory, and drinks had began to being served, the person and his spouse mentioned tips on how to use the seat as a way to spill Saarah’s drink, Faraaz stated.

When Saarah reported the incident to the cabin crew, initially she was solely supplied an choice to alter seats, he stated.

“@saarahfaraaz selected to not change seats as a result of she felt safer along with her present seatmates who witnessed the ordeal. All through the remainder of the flight, this man stored spewing racial slurs and misogynistic venom at Saarah. He stored pushing his seat again in an try to harm Saarah,” he stated.

Later, after talking to a different member of the cabin crew, the choice to name the police on the vacation spot’s airport was talked about.

Faraaz stated it could possibly be doable that his spouse, obtained the act of aggression because of her Indian nationality, because the passenger who hit her had not exchanged phrases along with her and solely checked out her.

Upon touchdown the airplane, police escorted Saarah to a secure location and barred the person and his spouse from leaving.

“The Phoenix police took all the small print and despatched the knowledge to the FBI. We don’t have an FBI case quantity however the Phoenix police stated that if the FBI thinks there’s sufficient proof to press prices they may attain again out,” Faraaz stated.

Faraaz’s preliminary put up has greater than 37,000 retweets on the social media platform.

In an announcement to KTVU, Southwest Airways stated, “After being made conscious of a state of affairs on a Southwest flight on Saturday, the Crew requested legislation enforcement meet the plane upon arrival. Southwest Airways maintains zero-tolerance for any sort of alleged harassment or assault on our Prospects or Staff.”