Flight diverted after man disrobes mid-flight
Man ignored requests to get dressed, refused to be covered with blanket
The Associated Press
updated 5:38 p.m. ET, Wed., July 1, 2009
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - A cross-country US Airways flight was diverted to Albuquerque after a male passenger removed his clothing mid-flight.
Dan Jiron, a spokesman for the Albuquerque airport, says 50-year-old Keith Wright of New York disrobed Tuesday while sitting in his seat in the back of the aircraft. He says Wright was unresponsive when a flight attendant asked him repeatedly to get dressed and refused to be covered with a blanket.
Jiron says law enforcement employees who were passengers on the plane helped subdue and handcuff Wright before the flight landed. The FBI says Wright is in federal custody on a charge of interfering with flight crew members and attendants.
A US Airways spokeswoman says the plane from North Carolina continued on to Los Angeles after Wright's arrest.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31693328/ns/travel-news/
Man ignored requests to get dressed, refused to be covered with blanket
The Associated Press
updated 5:38 p.m. ET, Wed., July 1, 2009
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - A cross-country US Airways flight was diverted to Albuquerque after a male passenger removed his clothing mid-flight.
Dan Jiron, a spokesman for the Albuquerque airport, says 50-year-old Keith Wright of New York disrobed Tuesday while sitting in his seat in the back of the aircraft. He says Wright was unresponsive when a flight attendant asked him repeatedly to get dressed and refused to be covered with a blanket.
Jiron says law enforcement employees who were passengers on the plane helped subdue and handcuff Wright before the flight landed. The FBI says Wright is in federal custody on a charge of interfering with flight crew members and attendants.
A US Airways spokeswoman says the plane from North Carolina continued on to Los Angeles after Wright's arrest.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31693328/ns/travel-news/