India, Aug. 11 -- An easyJet pilot has been suspended after reportedly stripping and wandering naked through a luxury resort in Cape Verde while heavily intoxicated - just over a day before he was due to fly passengers back to the UK.

The veteran captain had flown holidaymakers from the UK to the West African island on August 4 and checked into the £1,569-a-week Melia Dunas Beach Resort and Spa. According to a report in The Sun, he began drinking soon after arrival and continued late into the night.

At about 2.30am on August 5, witnesses said he removed his clothes in the reception area before heading towards a closed bar and then to the gym and spa. One onlooker described him as "paralytic", saying he "reeked of alcohol".

He was ...