A boozed up passenger forced an American Airlines flight to make an emergency landing in Buffalo after he was caught exposing himself and urinating in the aisle of the airplane, federal prosecutors said.
Oregon native Neil McCarthy, 25, admitted to cops that he was “flicking the bean” — a euphemism for masturbating — aboard the flight to New Hampshire Wednesday, and blamed it on a medical urination problem, court papers allege.
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McCarthy told police that he was drinking heavily throughout his journey — and that he had several “Jack and cokes” before boarding his initial flight in Portland, according to the criminal complaint filed in Buffalo federal court.
His flight eventually had a layover in Chicago — where he allegedly told police that he continued to guzzle down several more whiskey and colas before boarding the next flight to Manchester, New Hampshire.
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An American Airlines flight attendant saw McCarthy exposing himself and urinating on the flight — and a passenger snapped a photo of him in the act, federal prosecutors claimed.
The plane was diverted to the Buffalo Niagara International Airport, where McCarthy was arrested at Gate 2.
He was charged with indecent exposure, which carries a maximum sentence of six months in prison.
McCarthy was released after a hearing Wednesday before US Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J. McCarhty in Buffalo federal court.