From Fox News · Bradford Betz · · 1m 20s
Naked passenger arrested after American Airlines flight lands in Miami
A quiet Friday night flight from Baltimore turned into a police meeting at Gate D2.
In brief
A quiet Friday night flight from Baltimore turned into a police meeting at Gate D2. Crews don't have to divert to get help; a datalink message to dispatch can have officers waiting at the gate. Originally reported by Fox News.
Police met the plane
Officers were waiting when American Airlines Flight 1779 pulled into Miami International late on Friday night, called there by the crew mid-flight.
A late departure from Baltimore
The flight left BWI just after 9 p.m. EDT on Sept. 11, 2025, almost two hours behind schedule, and landed in Miami around 11:23 p.m.
Trouble in row 9
Somewhere over the East Coast, flight attendants on the Airbus A319 called the cockpit about a passenger causing a disturbance in row 9.
What the datalink said
ACARS logs published by AirLive show the lead flight attendant reporting that the woman in seat 9D had undressed completely and acted indecently in front of nearby passengers.
“completely undressed and engaged in indecent acts”
No diversion, just dispatch
The message went to American's Integrated Operations Center with a request for law enforcement. The plane kept flying to Miami and parked at Gate D2 in Terminal N.
Taken into custody
AirLive reported the passenger was arrested at the gate. What the crew did to manage her during the flight is still unknown, and American has not commented.
In short
Crews don't have to divert to get help; a datalink message to dispatch can have officers waiting at the gate.
