Passengers at Boston Logan International Airport were stunned, horrified, and even slightly amused when an unidentified man transformed a boarding gate into his personal stage, stripping off his clothes and performing a bizarre routine in front of families, business travelers, and vacationers waiting for their JetBlue flight.
The incident occurred while passengers were reportedly preparing to board at Terminal C. According to Aviation A2Z, the man initially removed his clothes until he was standing in bright red underpants. The crowd was shocked by what happened next.
A viral video of the jaw-dropping incident, seemingly posted by Camie Marie on Facebook, shows the man lying on the terminal floor, stretching as if preparing for a yoga session. He raised his feet into the air, turned over onto his hands and knees, and arched himself with his butt in the air—facing the seated passengers, according to the New York Post.
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Witnesses confirmed that the man pulled down his underwear, exposing himself to travelers. At one point, he discarded his underpants altogether, spread his arms wide, muttered something to himself, and stood completely nude, letting stunned travelers get a good look at him.
Massachusetts state troopers soon arrived to intervene. They moved quickly to calm the chaos, carrying the man away as travelers stared in disbelief.
By the time police dragged him out of the terminal, he had pulled his underwear back on. But the moment had already been captured on video and widely shared across social media, sparking a flood of comments about out-of-control passenger behavior. It remains unclear when exactly the striptease took place.
JetBlue did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Though the punishment for the flasher remains uncertain, Massachusetts law is strict on this kind of behavior.
According to Aviation A2Z, in Massachusetts, indecent exposure and disorderly conduct are typically filed in such public indecency cases. However, prosecutors may also pursue the charge of “open and gross lewdness,” a felony offense applied when exposure is intentional and causes public shock or alarm. Public indecency can be punished with a fine, jail time, or both.
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The Boston flasher is simply one in a long line of examples of extreme conduct in airports and on airplanes.
According to The Sun, recently, a Ryanair aircraft descended into pandemonium as a passenger began fighting over a crying infant. There were also reports of an inebriated Breeze Airways passenger who shouted racial obscenities in the middle of the flight and twice broke free from shackles. An American Airlines passenger also screamed at a flight attendant after allegedly being found vaping.
And it wasn’t just passengers making headlines. Earlier this year, an Air New Zealand pilot shocked his colleagues and passengers alike when he stripped off his clothing in protest over routine airport security checks. Neil Abbott, a senior pilot described by his peers as “a bit of a character,” reportedly became frustrated when asked to remove his boots.
