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OAKLAND -- A Southwest Airlines flight bound for St. Louis was forced to return to Oakland International Airport Thursday after a male passenger stripped.

According to Alameda County sheriff's deputies 21-year-old Darius Chappille of Oakland allegedly exposed himself to the female passenger sitting next to him and punched her in the face.

Lt. Howard Jacobs says flight attendants and other passengers tried unsuccessfully to subdue the 300 pound Chappille, as he disrobed.

He was apparently completely naked when sheriff's deputies arrested him.

Chappille and the woman were taken to the hospital for minor injuries.

A Southwest Airlines representative says Flight 947 took off from Oakland again around 10:16 a.m. Thursday.