Passenger helps subdue naked man on flight to 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. "I thought it was some kind of attack," Nick Steffl said. 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. The man was assigned a seat two rows ahead of Steffl near the back of the jet. Steffl noticed the man watching a movie he'd seen, "The Disaster Artist." The movie contains a prominent scene with actor James Franco naked. Steffl did not see the man remove his clothes but looked up to see him 15 rows ahead, running forward. "I heard him whooping and hollering like he was having a good time, 'Woo-hoo,'" Steffl said. Story has details of what transpired. Airport spokeswoman Trudy Wassel said airport police responded to a "medical" incident on the flight but that confidentiality rules prohibited her from additional comment.<br/>