The affair caused quite a stir.
On Saturday, a plane flying between Leeds (England) and Alicante (Spain) diverted to Nantes after the sexual assault suffered by a member of staff of the low-cost airline Jet2.com.
A British passenger is said to have passed his hand under the skirt of an air hostess, a gesture which prompted the pilot to land without delay to arrest the suspect.
This 66-year-old retiree was referred to the Nantes prosecutor's office on Monday.
He admitted the facts, indicates the prosecutor of Nantes, Renaud Gaudeul.
He was very heavily alcoholic when he was handed over to the border police who carried out the investigations.
Placed under judicial supervision, the sexagenarian will be tried before the Nantes criminal court on December 13.
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