A man in underpants runs on the tarmac of Atlanta, the books on the windows of the plane – police

(Reuters) – A man climbed a fence at Atlanta Airport on Tuesday, jumped on the wing of a stationary airliner and pounded the windows of the city. plane before being arrested, according to police.

Videos posted online by passengers inside the airliner showed a barefoot man, dressed only in his underwear, who apparently spoke to each other and walked near the plane. .

The pilot could be heard on one of the videos telling passengers that the man had left the plane and was trying to board. The pilot later stated that the man had not been a passenger.

"He approached a plane, jumped on the wing and started pounding the windows, and five minutes later he was detained without incident," said Stephanie Brown. , spokesman for the Atlanta Police Department, in a statement.

The man was identified as Jhryin Jones, 19, who was charged with criminal trespass, public indecency and obstruction of the forces of order, said Brown.

WXIA-TV, a NBC affiliate in Atlanta, quoted a passenger saying that the man had approached a Delta airliner arriving from Miami. The station said the passengers were holding a closed emergency door to prevent the man from getting into the plane.

Officials at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, the busiest in the world, said on Twitter that the incident had no impact on airport operations.

Calls and e-mails addressed to airport officials on Tuesday night were not immediately sent back.