Naked Passenger Walks onto Tarmac at Chicago's O'Hare Airport

Image: PHOTO: Aerial view of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. (photo via jmsilva/iStock/Getty Images Plus)
Image: PHOTO: Aerial view of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. (photo via jmsilva/iStock/Getty Images Plus)
Patrick Clarke
by Patrick Clarke
Last updated: 10:12 AM ET, Wed March 27, 2019

A naked male passenger was caught on camera walking around on the tarmac at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Tuesday.

Video submitted to ORD Airport Insider shows the unidentified man strolling in nothing but his birthday suit.

The man was reportedly attempting to board a departing flight and was detained at Gate C10 at O'Hare's Terminal 1. Multiple witnesses also claimed the man walked off of a Delta Air Lines flight at Terminal 2.

Astonishingly, air travelers ditching their clothes is hardly a new phenomenon.

Tuesday's incident comes just days after a Russian man stripped naked at Moscow Domodedovo Airport in an effort to make himself more "aerodynamic" prior to boarding a flight to Crimea. The passenger, who witnesses said appeared to be under the influence of alcohol, was detained and transported to a hospital for evaluation.

Earlier this year, an Air India flight from Dubai to Lucknow, India made headlines after a man stripped down and started walking the aisle in protest because he thought the flight was landing in Pakistan.

Last year, a man was tackled by passengers and locked in the bathroom after getting naked and running down the aisle of an Alaska Airlines flight carrying former Alaska Sen. Johnny Ellis.


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Patrick Clarke

Patrick Clarke

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A Maryland native and wanderer who has lived across the U.S. from North Carolina to SoCal, Patrick Clarke graduated from Towson University with a B.S. in journalism. He previously worked for Bleacher

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