It looks like even the plane is not safe anymore when it comes s*xual assault as US authorities say Michael Tanouye, 29 s*xually assaulted a female passenger in the toilet of a Japan Airlines flight, barricading the door as the victim’s mother and flight attendants tried to rescue her…

The woman was returning home to Japan with her mother after a four-day holiday when she went to use the bathroom—and then the man forced his way into the toilet to attack her.

Luckily, the woman was able to push the emergency button while attempting to fight off the man, according to FBI documents.

The man then blocked the toilet doors from the inside while the woman’s mother and the flight crew as well as other passengers struggled behind the door in an attempt to rescue her, reports Yahoo.

Since the man was no way going to open the door, they had to remove the screws from the door’s hinges to open it.

After the above incident, it took 3 passengers to subdue the passenger and as such, the captain turned the flight which had been en route to Kansai, Japan around and

Michael Tanouye was detained after the flight landed by FBI agents on suspicion of interfering with a flight crew and aggravated sexual assault.