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Passenger helps subdue naked man on flight to Alaska

Anchorage, Alaska • A passenger on an Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to Anchorage, Alaska looked up from his audio book to see a naked man yelling and heading toward the cockpit.

When the naked man reversed course Monday night and ran to the rear of the jet, Steffl confronted him. Another passenger helped restrain the man and the jet landed safely about 45 minutes later. The man was transported to an Anchorage hospital.

Steffl, 30, was on his way to Alaska for a summer tourism job. He said Tuesday the incident in retrospect had elements of humor but was not funny high in the sky.