Woman Strips Naked Mid-Flight For 30 Minutes, Forces Plane To Turn Back

Last Updated:March 06, 2025, 23:48 IST

The female passenger stripped naked on a Southwest flight and walked up and down the aisle for 25 minutes before she was detained.

Southwest Airlines issued an apology over the incident of a female passenger stripping naked mid-flight. (Source: X/@scoopofscandal)

A female passenger stripped naked and walked up and down the aisle for 25 minutes on a Southwest flight, forcing the plane to return to its gate.

The plane had taken off from William P. Hobby Airport in Houston and was headed to Phoenix on Monday. The woman got up in the middle of a flight and stripped naked in front of the shocked passengers, The Daily Mail reported.

According to fellow passenger Macy Estevez, the woman paraded for almost half an hour before she was detained by the authorities.

The woman was taken away to carry out her medical evaluations by the Houston Police Department.

Southwest Airlines issued a statement over the incident and apologised to passengers for the disruption in their flight.

“Local law enforcement met Flight 733 from Houston to Phoenix Monday afternoon after it returned to the gate because of a customer situation onboard," read the statement.

“We’ve reached out to customers to apologize for the delay and appreciate their patience as our teams worked to get them to their destinations as quickly as possible," it added.

As per reports, the woman was asking to be let off the plane and had even claimed that she was bipolar.

According to the passengers, the woman also tried to enter the cockpit before the authorities detained her.

Speaking to the outlet, a passenger said, “She turned around facing us and stripped all of her clothes off."

In one of the videos, the woman was seen screaming “wait, wait, wait" before she started running down the aisle.

“And she then proceeded to make her way back towards the front of the plane and started banging on the cockpit doors, asking to be let in and she was screaming. When it first happened, it was really scary," said the passenger.

One of the witnesses said that she was surprised by the time that authorities took to intervene. “Very weird that nobody kind of intervened," said the witness.

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