India, March 27 -- A 33-year-old German man was arrested for allegedly masturbating in front of fellow passengers on a Swiss Air flight from Switzerland's Zurich to Dresden in Germany. According to a report by the Swiss-German news website Blick, the incident occurred at around 7:40 am on Swiss Air flight LX918. A shocked passenger approached a flight attendant and asked for a different seat. According to the Dresden Federal Police statement, after several requests by the flight crew, the man "removed his hand from his pants".

The airline told Blick,"A passenger engaged in intimate acts during the flight, whereupon the crew issued a warning." After landing, the passenger was handed over to the relevant authorities."According to the Dresd...