Boarding his plane to Orlando, John Fowler got into a confrontation with Spirit Airlines over being charged $100 for oversized luggage and blurted out that he hoped the plane crashed, according to federal court records .
By the time the plane landed, Orlando Police were waiting because Fowler, a registered sex offender from Indiana, had been accused of inappropriately touching a 17-year-old passenger sleeping during the fight.
The July 29 incident is detailed in a new federal complaint filed in U.S. District Court’s Orlando division .
Fowler had the aisle seat while the teenager was in the middle seat on Spirit Airlines flight NK 1523 heading to Orlando International Airport from Indianapolis .
The victim asked the passenger in the window seat to take a picture for