Southwest plane forced to go back to gate as passenger strips naked: reports
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Plane bound for Phoenix from Houston's Hobby Airport
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Published March 6, 2025 4:42pm EST

     

A  bound for Phoenix was forced to go back to the gate this week after one of the passengers walked to the front of the plane and started taking off her clothes.

The woman, who had said she wanted off the flight and had stripped completely naked, began berating the passengers on the packed flight, harassed the flight attendants and even started pounding on the cockpit doors, other passengers said, according to local outlets.

She added, "I was just hoping that the plane wouldn’t take off, which it didn’t, thank God."





A Southwest flight at Houston's Hobby Airport was forced to return to the gate after a passenger reportedly stripped naked.

(Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

The passenger also told KPNX that the woman claimed she was bipolar.



A Southwest flight was headed to Phoenix from Houston.

(Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

One of the passengers caught the incident on , which showed her walking up and down the plane’s aisle completely naked, screaming and banging her head.

After the plane returned to the gate at Houston's Hobby Airport, a worker covered her in a blanket, but then the woman took off, the passenger said.



The woman had said she wanted off the plane during the incident, a witness told a local news station.  (Macy, @meezyfbaby93/TMX)



Houston's Hobby Airport (James Nielsen/Chronicle)

A local law enforcement met Flight 733 from Houston to Phoenix Monday afternoon after it returned to the gate because of a Customer situation onboard. We apologize to our Customers for the delay in their travels and appreciate their patience as our Teams worked to get them to their destinations as quickly as possible.

Southwest told KHOU, "Local law enforcement met Flight 733 from Houston to Phoenix Monday afternoon after it returned to the gate because of a Customer situation onboard. We apologize to our Customers for the delay in their travels and appreciate their patience as our Teams worked to get them to their destinations as quickly as possible."

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