Man strips naked at Charlotte airport, upset about overbooked flight

Ben Mutzabaugh | USA TODAY

Show Caption Hide Caption Man gets naked in airport because of overbooked flight A man stripped completely naked in front of everyone at a gate in Charlotte Douglas International Airport after witnesses say his flight to Jamaica was overbooked.

An airline passenger stripped naked at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport after apparently becoming upset that his US Airways flight was overbooked.

WCNC TV of Charlotte says the man "stripped down to the buff right in front of everyone, including kids." He remained in the gate area for about 40 minutes until police led him away, the station reports.

Sherry Ketchie, another passenger traveling through Charlotte at the time, snapped photos of the incident and posted them to Facebook.

Ketchie says the man was at a gate for a US Airways flight departing for Jamaica. She says she only became aware of the situation because of the commotion it caused, according to WBTV of Charlotte.

"I seen some people running and I was wondering what they was running from and people were standing there snickering, so I walked over and [an airport employee] told me the man was angry over the Jamaican flight," Ketchie says to WBTV.

"He had his clothes on, at that point, and then he started standing there with his arms crossed and hollering at the lady at the desk," she adds to the station. "He stood there for a moment and then started talking off his clothes. I ain't never seen nothing [like that] in my life."

Police at the airport told WCNC on Thursday that the man was off his medication and was "having an episode. " He was not arrested, according to police, who told WCNC that he was taken to a local hospital for treatment and that he is "getting the help he needs."