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US Airways flight diverted because of naked passenger

An unruly passenger stripped naked and ran around the cabin during a US Airways flight on Wednesday, prompting the plane to make an unscheduled landing in Albuquerque, N.M.

Albuquerque TV station KRQE reported that other passengers helped restrain the man until the plane could land. The plane was flying from Charlotte, N.C., to Los Angeles.

After the man was arrested and handed over to the FBI, the flight took off for Los Angeles.

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