Flight diverted after passenger gets naked

A 50-year old passenger was taken into custody after he disrobed while sitting in his seat in the back of a US Airways flight.

A passenger stripped naked during a US Airways flight and resisted a flight attendant’s efforts to cover him with a blanket before two off-duty law enforcement officers on board subdued and handcuffed him,authorities have said.

Keith Wright,50,of the Bronx in New York,was taken into custody after he disrobed while sitting in his seat in the back of Flight 705,authorities on Wednesday said.

The plane was carrying about 148 passengers from North Carolina to Los Angeles,the airline said.

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Wright was unresponsive when a flight attendant asked him to put his clothes back on,said Dan Jiron,a spokesman for the Albuquerque airport. “She asked him on more than one occasion to put on his clothes. She covered him with a blanket and he took that off,” Jiron said.

Wright punched and kicked the flight attendant,who asked two off-duty law officers for help,according to a criminal complaint. A Los Angeles police officer and sheriff’s deputy helped the flight attendant subdue and handcuff Wright before the flight landed,Jiron said.

The flight attendants also were dealing with an unrelated onboard medical emergency at the same time,which exacerbated the situation,the FBI said. The aircraft was diverted because of the medical emergency,and Wright’s actions were a secondary reason for the unplanned landing,the complaint said.

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