Man Allegedly Airdropped Lewd Photos of Himself to Fellow Plane Passengers

A man was accused of sending lewd photos of himself to his fellow passengers on a flight, as seen in a TikTok video viewed more than five million times.

TikTok user @daddystrange333 shared the video and said she accepted the photos from a man she referred to as "Larry." Once she saw who sent the images, she immediately alerted a flight attendant.

"I saw his iPad had airdrop open so I knew it was him, and yes, I sure did make a scene," read the caption of @daddystrange333's video.

Apple's AirDrop feature allows Apple users to share and receive photos and documents.

"You can put your AirDrop receiving setting to Contacts Only or Receiving Off at any time to control who can see your device and send you content in AirDrop," Apple stated.

Devices that have an incoming AirDrop receive an alert that is accompanied by a preview, and users can choose to accept or decline the content.

In her first video, @daddystrange333 is heard calling the flight attendant over to explain what just happened.

The camera is pointed directly at Larry as the flight attendant asked him if he sent the photos to the passengers, to which he nodded.

When she asked him why he sent the images to passengers, he shrugged before saying he was "just having a little fun."

"It's sexual harassment, disgusting, it is assault," @daddystrange333 said to Larry.

Before the video ended, Larry apologized.

In a second video, the text over @daddystrange333's clip stated that she met with a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent and was told Larry was arrested.

"There was a child who was sent the photo but didn't approve the airdrop, his dad was ready to fight," read the text over the clip.

Viewers were stunned, though some shared that they've had a similar experience. Some thanked @daddystrange333 for speaking up on the matter.

"The way he just admitted it like he didn't know it was wrong," a viewer wrote.

"Girl, good on you for standing up," another commented. "This is so wrong and he deserves consequences all around."

"If he's comfortable doing this knowing children were on the flight, he's comfortable with a lot more," one TikTok user wrote.

@daddystrange333 posted a third video in which she explained what happened.

She said she was speaking with the man who sat next to her on the plane when she noticed she had an AirDrop notification.

Although the man next to her urged her not to accept the AirDrop, @daddystrange333 said she was curious and saw that Larry, who was sitting in the row across the aisle, was sending images via AirDrop.

She viewed the images and asked Larry if he intended to send her the images.

He said he did mean to send the images to her and the other passengers on the flight.

@daddystrange333 said Larry continued to look at the explicit images despite there being a child and teenager sitting behind him. She also said that the flight attendant did not confiscate his iPad for the duration of the flight.

"The plane lands and Larry gets escorted off, and then there's seven of us, eight of us, I think that were the people who called the flight attendant," she said. "We got escorted out, we had to meet with the FBI."

Newsweek reached out to @daddystrange333.

There have been other troubling instances as it relates to traveling.

A video was posted showing a man punching an employee for Southwest Airlines. Another clip went viral after it shows a man shoving a woman out of the way before punching two airport employees.

Passengers were filmed yelling obscenities at a Spirit Airlines employee after they were reportedly barred from boarding the plane.