Bangladesh, Aug. 6 -- Beaut Pimpaporn, 33, said the incident took place aboard Flydubai Flight FZ1583, a connecting service to Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok, that she boarded in Dubai after arriving from Milan, Italy.

Pimpaporn said she had taken sleep medication to adjust to a new time zone and had dozed off under a blanket with her daughter on her lap. She woke to find a nearby male passenger allegedly touching her inappropriately.

Writing on social media under the name Beaut Aornnicha, she said she noticed wetness on her clothing and briefly doubted her own account of events before realizing what had happened.

She said the man, identified as a 30-year-old Pakistani national, Raza Ali, pretended to fiddle with his in-f...