India, Oct. 6 -- A flight from Minneapolis to Newark had to make an unscheduled stop after a passenger wearing multiple face masks began making strange claims about gay people causing him cancer. The Sun Country Airlines flight left Minneapolis on Friday morning but was diverted to Chicago after the man's behavior worsened and he screamed, "the plane is going down."

Passenger Seth Evans, who was seated nearby, told the Minnesota Star Tribune that the man started causing problems right after takeoff, saying he was "gang chased" by gay people.

Evans said the man shouted that he was being "radiated" and "cooked" by gays, and that they were giving him cancer.

To protect himself, Evans said, the man was wearing "no less than 15 masks" over ...