Captain Andrew Collins, an airplane pilot, was arrested on September 20 after being seen naked in front of his hotel window. He says that he did not know that it was visible from inside the terminal at Denver International Airport.(Photo: Denver Police Department)

A United Airlines pilot faces a charge of indecency for being naked in front of his hotel room window on September 20th.

Captain Andrew Collins, who has been flying for United for 22 years, said he was unaware that he was giving a breathtaking glance to passengers at the airport's main airport terminal. Denver International. The police, on the other hand, claim to be perfectly aware of what he was doing.

Collins, who is based in northern Virginia, insisted in an interview with The Denver Post did not know that it could be seen by people in the terminal. The airline is currently studying the incident.

United Airlines spokeswoman Erin Benson told USA TODAY that Collins had been "removed from office pending an internal review," adding, "We are cooperating with the authorities in the framework of their investigation. "

Collins, 54, recounted the incident in an interview with the Post released Monday.

He said that he had just woken up after a difficult day during which he had been diverted to airports in the country. By the time he had gone to bed the night before, he had been up for 30 hours.

"I was getting ready for a shower and talking on the phone," Collins said in the mail. "It was a beautiful morning and I opened the curtains of my window. I could not see the terminal. "

Collins' lawyer Craig SIlverman says that standing in front of DIA's main glazing terminal is like "looking at a green wall or a green mirror". But thanks to the mid-morning sun rooms in the neighboring Westin hotel. (Photo: Denver International Airport)

He said he was unaware that people inside the terminal could see him during the duration of his 24-minute phone call.

At the end of the call, police from the Denver Police Department were knocking on Collins' room door at the Westin Hotel. They handcuffed him and took him to the airport jail, where he was charged with indecent laying.

In a statement of probable cause, provided in the US TODAY by the Office of the Attorney General, Constable Karl J. Coleman found that Collins "knowingly and voluntarily" had been exposed . He also noted that he and two other officers had collected statements from two United Airlines employees and one passenger witnessing the incident.

"The suspect actually opened the window of his hotel room, which overlooks the hotel square, and, in the public view, stood naked in front of his window, exposing him. as well as his genitals to the general public, "wrote the policeman.

Collins 'lawyer, Craig Silverman, told the Post that he had gone to Collins' room earlier this month and at the main DIA terminal to see for himself what which was visible from each perspective.

"The lobby windows are tinted with green and are opaque and reflective. It's like looking at a green wall or a green mirror, "he said in a statement to the newspaper. From the lobby at this time of morning, unbeknownst to my client, you can see in the Westin rooms, but the distance is such that you can not see much more than a human form. My client reasonably expected that no one could see through his window. "

He added: "There is no evidence of sexual activity demonstrating an intention to arouse or satisfy any person's sexual desire."

Silverman also told the newspaper that he thought the Denver Attorney's Office would file the case. He did not immediately respond to USA TODAY's request for comment.

Ken Lane, the spokesman for the prosecutor's office declined to comment on the case, currently pending. He added that Collins was scheduled to appear in court on December 5 to plead his case.

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