It’s safe to say it wasn’t the midflight entertainment they were expecting.
Instead, passengers aboard a Virgin Australia flight from Perth to Melbourne were forced to watch a naked man run through the aisle and knock a crew member to the floor.
Flight VA696 then turned back to Perth because of a “disruptive passenger on board,” a Virgin Australia spokesperson said in a statement Monday. The statement added that the man was then handed over to Australian Federal Police.
The plane turned back around an hour and a half into its 3½-hour journey, according to the flight-tracking site FlightAware.
Federal police said in a statement that “officers arrested a man after he allegedly ran naked through the aircraft mid-flight and knocked a crew member to the floor.”
They added that he “was arrested and taken to hospital for assessments.”
The charges the man will face are yet to be finalized, police said, adding that he is likely to appear in court next month.
The Virgin Australia spokesperson said, "We sincerely apologize to guests impacted."
