Couple on JetBlue plane 'performed sex act as kids watched on' in mid-air

A couple have been arrested after two children allegedly saw them performing a sexual act ona plane.

Trista L Reilly, 43, and Christopher Drew Arnold, 42, were arrested after their flight from John F Kennedy International Airport in New York to Sarasota, Florida in the US.

Court documents reportedly state Reilly was seen “making up-and-down movements with her head while she was face down on Mr Arnold’s lap” by a flight attendant who had been made aware of the allegations. The documents say the JetBlue flight attendant had been approached at 10:28am on July 19 by a mother travelling with her two children.

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The two children allegedly directly saw Reilly and Arnold, from Connecticut, engaged in the act. The couple were arrested at 11:30am shortly after the plane landed at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport, according to ABC affiliate WWSB.

They were both charged with two counts lewd and lascivious exhibition in the presence of minors, which is a felony. They were released without bail and are due to be arraigned in court on August 15, the CT Post reported. The New York Post reports police records from Danbury, Connecticut show Arnold was arrested in March for disorderly conduct and assault.

JetBue told the Mirror that the alleged behaviour was "completely unacceptable" and is "not tolerated" by the airline. The company said: "Immediately upon receiving the report, our crewmembers acted swiftly to engage JetBlue’s security team and law enforcement. We are fully cooperating with the investigation and these customers are no longer welcome to fly JetBlue."

It comes after a light aircraft nosedived into a highway in Brescia, Italy, killing two people onboard. Cars were seen driving through the ensuing fireball.

The plane can be seen rapidly falling to the ground in a steep descent. Miraculously, the aircraft managed to miss all of the cars and other vehicles on the Corda Molle at the time.

Two people onboard the aircraft, a 75-year-old lawyer from Milan named Sergio Ravaglia and his female partner Anna Maria De Stefano, 50, are reported to have died.

The crash occurred after midday on Tuesday after the plane took off from the Gagnano Trebbiense runway in the Piacenza region, Italian broadcasting channel Sky TG24 said. Officials investigating the incident involving the “ultralight” plane have said it will be difficult to determine what caused the crash.

Claudio Nolli, 49, was also driving nearby. She said she had entered a ring road close to the crash when flames suddenly erupted in her eye line.

“I entered the ring road and saw a burst of flame, without understanding what had happened,” she said. “I had a truck in front of me and I crashed into it, passing through the flames. Then there was a loud bang, it was a ball of fire.”

She added: “I never thought something like this could happen to me. At the time, I assumed the truck in front of me had lost something; I had no idea it was a plane. I had seen it in the air before, but I realized later. For twenty seconds, it missed me too."