A naked man attempted to board a plane at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport while shouting that clothes make him less aerodynamic, the REN TV television channel reported Saturday.
The man passed through the Ural Airlines flight’s registration before suddenly stripping off his clothes and running stark naked onto the jet bridge, eyewitnesses said.
“He shouted that he was naked because clothing impairs the aerodynamics of the body. He flies with more agility when undressed,” REN TV quoted a fellow passenger as saying.
The nude intruder was intercepted by airport staff before he could make it onto his plane to Crimea. He was later detained by police officers.
“After the police had detained the offender, he was taken to the airport’s medical room and then was hospitalized in a medical facility. The offender is a native of Yakutsk but lives in the Moscow region,” the press service of the Interior Ministry said.
A video has been released of the man after police detention, handcuffed on the floor — and still very naked.
Eyewitnesses added that the man did not seem drunk. But he may be in need of a refresher on the physics of airplane travel.
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