US: Half-naked woman shuts down South Carolina airport, leads to flight cancellations

A half-naked woman ran around a South Carolina airport Sunday, which caused flights to be cancelled and the airport to be temporarily shutdown, the Florence Morning News reported. The Florence County Sheriff’s Office reported an “indecent exposure incident” occurred after noon when “a partially clothed woman sprinted through the airport’s runway and into a nearby wooded area,” according to WMBF. Two American Airlines flights were cancelled. Florence Regional Airport Public Safety Officer Lee Marsh said the airport was closed for more than two hours while law enforcement searched for the woman who was wearing only underwear. As flights circled overhead, the woman was eventually found by K-9 units hiding in a storm ditch, the newspaper reported. Charges are not expected to be filed, according to Major Michael Nunn of the Florence County Sheriff’s Office. The woman was taken to an area hospital for a mental evaluation.<br/>