Passengers aboard a plane at the world’s busiest airport watched in horror as a naked man tried breaking onto their aircraft from the wing.
The incident happened at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, according to the Atlanta Police Department.
19-year-old Jhryin Jones was arrested after police say he stripped down to his underpants, jumped a fence, ran onto a tarmac, climbed onto a plane’s wing, and pounded on its windows like a crazy person.
Local news station WSB-TV obtained recordings from the airport’s control tower during the incident, where confused airport officials can be heard describing the man’s bizarre behavior.
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“He is tossing some stuff around,” an official says. “My guess is he has his clothes off and now he’s laying on pavement … Doing some pushups?”
Meanwhile, passengers aboard the plane, which had just arrived from Miami, began posting about it to social media:
#ItsTimeToFreakOutWhen a dude tries to board the plane from the outside after landing. #atlairport pic.twitter.com/AKLIn0FYrz
— Garth Magness (@GarthMagness) June 26, 2018
More dramatic video from ATL airport highjacking attempt ? @ATLairport #atlantaairport pic.twitter.com/HZ36S7QUKn
— Alex Rasmussen (@thealexras) June 26, 2018
Jones is charged with criminal trespassing, public indecency, and obstruction of law enforcement officers.
Meanwhile, the airport tweeted there was no impact on its operations:
The male who accessed the #ATL airfield is in Atlanta Police custody. APD is investigating the incident. There is no impact to #ATL Ops
— Atlanta Airport (@ATLairport) June 26, 2018
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Chrisk
Crazy dude has a nice bod anyways.
Heywood Jablowme
Is this a new definition of “naked”? He’s got underwear.
Nick Dumana
There’s naked, and there’s stark naked…. this is just naked.
ingyaom
Too bad he wasn’t actually naked (clickbait).
Bob LaBlah
True, this guy isn’t naked but the guy in this video I’m posting is. Remember him? lol lol What an ass. lol
I wonder what is it about the crazies with the hot bodies that makes them do things like that/this. Not that I’m complaining of course. lol lol I’d take either dark chocolate or caramel (but they must shower first). lol lol
Bob LaBlah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5N0U5PSi7Y&frags=
WindChime
He looks like a tortured soul and a threat to public safety. Most people would agree that he should be kept in a psych ward .
GetOffMyInternets
@windchime Speaking from experience or…?
Tête Carrée
@WindChime
I’ll keep him at my house if it make you feel better.
WindChime
Anyone who acts suspiciously and out of control should be immediately arrested. The fact that he was running around only with his underwear on just made the crime, indecent exposure in front of all these airline passengers and workers, even more serious.
graphicjack
this is why we need to be treating mental illness instead of letting people with mental health problems fend for themselves and run loose. Rethugs can’t have it both ways… they want to cut funding for mental health, but then get pissed when crazy people do some stunt like this or shoot up a school. Ignoring the issue puts everyone in danger.
sydboy007
Do you think the government can solve all problems? Why can’t you organise to raise funds to help solve the issue you believe is occurring?
JJinAus
Ah Sydboy, please go out and tell the incipient mentally ill to plan financially for their breakdowns.
Larry
Public indecency in your underwear? Have they been to the beach/pool? All I see there is ugly tits. At least he had a killer body.
Kieran
He obviously just wanted to show everybody his pretty ass. And he sure rolled over on his belly fast enough when the PO-lice arrived.
Nick Dumana
He’s lucky the police didn’t shoot him for being “threatening”.
Roan
Good grief. This wasn’t an attempted hijacking. SMDH
tham
Crazy in the head, crazy in the bed.
MaxTaste
Alex Rasmussen sounds like a Fox Newser.
JJinAus
American “naked”
JaredNorthcutt30
Men only get the wang to qualify as ‘naked.’ It’s a sad state of affairs ‘naked.’
Dymension
So why is this on Queerty?
russdog
Why would anyone be horrified? They were on the ground; they had reached their destination, so any damage to the wing would have been the airline’s problem; he couldn’t have broken in through a window from the outside with nothing but underwear. Perhaps they were horrified at his deteriorating mental condition or drug-induced rampage. Either way, the passengers were safe. At least he wasn’t shot on sight and can get the help he needs.