South African Airways pilot Captain W Van Ginkel was arrested after he reportedly lost his temper and stripped to his underpants to protest security procedures at Zimbabwe's Harare International airport.
The flight was delayed by more than five hours to allow another crew from Johannesburg to take over after Ginkel was barred from flying.
"The report said the detectors at the screening gates beeped as the pilot went through, prompting the authorities to ask him to remove his shoes.
But again the detectors beeped, resulting in him being asked to remove his belt, a directive that triggered a furious protest that saw him undressing to his undergarment.
Security officials subsequently moved in and arrested him."
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