A California man is in federal custody after allegedly urinating outside the restroom during a Southwest Airlines flight last week between Dallas and Burbank, forcing the crew to divert the plane to Albuquerque.
Samson Hardridge, 33, of Lancaster, Calif. appeared in federal court Wednesday on a charge of interference with flight crew members and attendants, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico said Thursday.
Charging documents say that while waiting to use the lavatory, Hardridge put his hands in his pants and asked if a flight attendant wanted to see his genitalia. The flight attendant declined.
