DALLAS (AP) – Federal officials have accused a former Southwest Airlines pilot of indecent exposure due to an incident that is said to have occurred during a flight last August.
Michael Haak was the pilot in command of the plane during a flight from Philadelphia to Orlando, Florida, according to a one-page lawsuit in the federal district court in Maryland.
According to the document, dated Friday, Haak exposed his genitals in acts that began, continued and ended while flight 6607 on August 10 was in the air. The document does not indicate the circumstances and who may have witnessed the incident.
A Southwest spokeswoman said that no passengers had witnessed the incident; the pilots were the only people on board who were aware of the incident.
The airline’s spokeswoman said Haak left the company before the company heard about the incident. Since hearing about it, she said, Southwest has cooperated with investigators.
It was not possible to determine whether Haak has a lawyer.