Via Huffingtonpost.com: Passengers on a flight to Los Angeles unwittingly ended up taking a brief Albuquerque vacation on Tuesday. It seems an intoxicated passenger in the back of the plane took it upon himself to remove all his clothing. Yep, all of it. After the flight attendants tried unsuccessfully to get him to put his clothes back on, they managed to throw a blanket over the man, who resisted. It took two off-duty cops to hold him down until the plane made an unscheduled landing in Albuquerque, where the man was arrested. After removing the man from the plane, the flight was able to continue on to Los Angeles under the condition that everybody else keep their zippers zipped and their buttons buttoned.
Something about this story reminds me of the time I was on a flight and the man next to me took off his toupee and put it in the seat pocket in front of him like it was the most normal thing in the world. I guess I should be thankful that at least he kept his pants on!
What’s the strangest thing you’ve ever seen on a plane?
I don’t know if this counts as strange, but I was on a flight once where the guy next to me took his shoes off and his feet smelled like rotten eggs. It was absolutely terrible and I couldn’t get up the nerve to ask him to put his shoes back on.
Why don’t I ever get the naked guy flights?
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