Her flight from Baltimore to Miami was delayed two hours. She had several drinks during the delay. Then she boarded.
Somewhere over the eastern seaboard, the husband seated in front of Katy Inzer heard what he would later describe to police as "strange loud moaning sounds" coming from the row behind him. He turned around. According to his witness statement, obtained by TMZ, he saw Inzer — naked from the waist down — with her legs pressed against the plane window.
Inzer was removed from the situation by flight staff, who ordered her to stop and put her clothes back on. She complied.
When police interviewed her after the flight landed in Miami, she smelled of alcohol. Her eyes were bloodshot. Her explanation: she couldn't remember anything from the flight because she had been asleep.
The FBI has taken over the investigation. As of this writing, Inzer has not been arrested or charged.
The Drinks, the Delay, and the Defense
The two-hour delay in Baltimore is doing a lot of work in this story. According to the police report, Inzer told officers she had consumed "several drinks" during the delay before boarding the aircraft. By the time the plane was in the air, she was apparently in a condition her own attorneys might describe as "significantly impaired."
What makes this specific: she was seated near First Class. Other passengers could see her. A passenger directly in front of her heard her. And someone had a phone.
TMZ obtained a seven-second video of the incident. It shows Inzer stretched across a row of seats, legs pressed against the window, without pants or underwear. The video has been viewed millions of times online. The FBI is now involved because what allegedly occurred constitutes a federal offense — lewd and indecent conduct aboard an aircraft, which falls under the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States.
"I Was Asleep"
This defense deserves its own examination.
The claim: she had no memory of the incident because she was asleep. The complication: multiple witnesses observed her making audible sounds, moving actively, and responding to flight staff when they addressed her.
Legal experts who spoke to outlets covering the story noted that while alcohol-induced blackout is a real phenomenon — people can act and respond while in a blackout state with no subsequent memory — it does not constitute a legal defense to conduct that was observable and apparently deliberate.
The FBI's involvement means federal prosecutors will decide whether to pursue charges. Federal lewd conduct on aircraft charges carry potential fines and up to 90 days in prison. American Airlines has added Inzer to its no-fly list.
American Airlines Is Having a Month
This is not the only incident involving indecent conduct on an American Airlines flight this October. A separate incident involving a passenger stripped completely naked on a different American Airlines flight has also resulted in an FBI investigation. A 67-year-old man was duct-taped to a first-class seat on an AA flight from Dallas to Newark after assaulting crew members, with the flight diverted to Baltimore — he now faces up to 20 years in federal prison. And Selma Blair was reportedly arrested after biting a crew member on yet another flight.
The FAA has reported more than 1,100 unruly passenger incidents on all US airlines in 2026. The specific concentration of incidents on American Airlines flights this fall has not been officially explained.
What has been explained: the federal penalties are real, the FBI has jurisdiction, and the no-fly lists are getting longer.
The moaning at 35,000 feet has consequences. The asleep defense doesn't appear to be one of them.
