New Delhi, March 7 -- In a bizarre preflight meltdown, a woman removed all her clothes before parading naked in the plane for nearly half an hour, forcing Southwest Airlines flight to postpone the flight's departure.

As the Southwest Airlines flight taxied for takeoff from Houston to Phoenix, the passenger stripped naked and began screaming, forcing the pilots to return to the gate.

The woman suddenly removed all her clothes and started screaming and jumping while walking towards the front portion of the plane, recalled a passenger onboard the same flight, reported NBC News on Monday.

"She started jumping up and down, screaming at the top of her lungs," a passenger told NBC News.

The video showed the woman removing her clothes and yel...