Thursday, July 2, 2009

File Under: WTF?

Naked New Yorker DivertsFlight
Updated: Wednesday, 01 Jul 2009, 10:07 PM EDTPublished : Wednesday, 01 Jul 2009, 9:04 PM EDT
By The Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A US Airways flight from Charlotte to Los Angeles was diverted to Albuquerque after a male passenger removed his clothing mid-flight.

Dan Jiron, a spokesman for the Albuquerque airport, says Keith Wright, 50, of the Bronx disrobed while sitting in his seat in the back of the aircraft.

Jiron 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 continued on to Los Angeles after Wright's arrest.

As Buggs Bunny would say, maybe he should have taken a left turn at Albuqueque.

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