Passengers on the Boston to Los Angeles flight said the unidentified man had undressed in one of the plane’s bathrooms before emerging naked in the cabin.
Other passengers told the man to return to the bathroom and get dressed, which he did.
But shortly after returning to his seat the man got up again and lunged for the emergency exit before being restrained by passengers and tied up.
The flight was diverted to Oklahoma City, where the man was taken into custody and placed under psychiatric evaluation, FBI spokesman Gary Johnson said.
The Boeing 757 was back in the air an hour later and landed without further incident in Los Angeles, said American Airlines spokesman Tim Smith.
As passengers left the plane in Los Angeles, several indicated they had taken the incident in stride.
Gillian Callaghan, who was travelling with her 12-year-old son, said she never panicked because the flight crew seemed to keep things well under control. She said she felt sorry for the man.
“He was just having some troubles, confused, not a scary guy,” she said.
By: steve rowell - 29th July 2008 at 06:35
http://www.nothingtoxic.com/media/1202099128/French_Stewardess_Strips_for_the_Captain_on_a_Flight
By: Ren Frew - 25th July 2008 at 14:10
If he did that on a flight in this country.. there would be Federal Marshals waiting for him on the ground
Too charge him with carrying a suspect package no doubt ! 😀
By: frankvw - 25th July 2008 at 09:59
Well, at least the passengers had IFE on that flight 🙂
By: steve rowell - 25th July 2008 at 02:21
On a recent flight from London Stansted – Dublin, the plane was full of stag do’s and hen parties. One of the lads from one of the stag do’s went to the toilet up front and was gone for about 10mins. Nobody really noticed him go in, nor did anyone really think about what he was doing until……….
He emerged standing at the front of the plane wearing just a man-kini (That Green Borat thing) – It was the funniest thing I have seen in a long time, the whole plane including old and young alike just burst into laughter and starting clapping
He then proceeded to “squeeze” past the cabin crew who were serving drinks at this point. As we walked past, everyone was laughing and watching, as well as the cheers of encouragement from his mates.
Getting off of the plane in Dublin was amusing; probably 80% of the passengers disembarked the plane and remained on the apron waiting for the young man to emerge via the back steps. Full Kudos points has to go to him for what he did!
If he did that on a flight in this country.. there would be Federal Marshals waiting for him on the ground
By: PMN - 24th July 2008 at 09:34
On a recent flight from London Stansted – Dublin, the plane was full of stag do’s and hen parties. One of the lads from one of the stag do’s went to the toilet up front and was gone for about 10mins. Nobody really noticed him go in, nor did anyone really think about what he was doing until……….
He emerged standing at the front of the plane wearing just a man-kini (That Green Borat thing) – It was the funniest thing I have seen in a long time, the whole plane including old and young alike just burst into laughter and starting clapping
He then proceeded to “squeeze” past the cabin crew who were serving drinks at this point. As we walked past, everyone was laughing and watching, as well as the cheers of encouragement from his mates.
Getting off of the plane in Dublin was amusing; probably 80% of the passengers disembarked the plane and remained on the apron waiting for the young man to emerge via the back steps. Full Kudos points has to go to him for what he did!
Now that is funny! 😀
Paul
By: A Spalding - 24th July 2008 at 09:03
Passengers on the Boston to Los Angeles flight said the unidentified man had undressed in one of the plane’s bathrooms before emerging naked in the cabin.
On a recent flight from London Stansted – Dublin, the plane was full of stag do’s and hen parties. One of the lads from one of the stag do’s went to the toilet up front and was gone for about 10mins. Nobody really noticed him go in, nor did anyone really think about what he was doing until……….
He emerged standing at the front of the plane wearing just a man-kini (That Green Borat thing) – It was the funniest thing I have seen in a long time, the whole plane including old and young alike just burst into laughter and starting clapping
He then proceeded to “squeeze” past the cabin crew who were serving drinks at this point. As we walked past, everyone was laughing and watching, as well as the cheers of encouragement from his mates.
Getting off of the plane in Dublin was amusing; probably 80% of the passengers disembarked the plane and remained on the apron waiting for the young man to emerge via the back steps. Full Kudos points has to go to him for what he did!
By: JetSet - 23rd July 2008 at 17:28
These drunken(if he was drunk and not mentaly disturbed) loonoies should be locked up and banned permanantly from flying.
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