A senior Malaysia Airlines staff member accused of raping an Australian woman on a Paris-bound flight this month begged her not to report the alleged incident to the authorities because he had a wife and children.

Perth woman Laura Bushney recounted a horrifying tale of alleged abuse at the hands of chief steward Mohd Rosli Bin Ab Karim on flight MH20 from Kuala Lumpur to Paris on August 4.

Laura Bushney tells of her alleged sexual assault. Credit:Seven

She recorded part of the incident on her mobile phone in footage that was aired on Channel Seven's Sunday Night program.

The 26-year-old disability support worker told the program she was scared to travel on the airline following the disappearance of MH370 and the shooting down of MH17.