Around 2 p.m. yesterday a man scaled a fence near Sepulveda and Lincoln at LAX and headed for a Delta flight that was preparing to depart. He started doing push ups before being apprehended.
Bizarre travel day here at #LAX.
Right now sitting on a plane that was readying for takeoff.
Someone ran onto the tarmac and apparently tried to stop / jump onto our plane.
He was just arrested by police. Law enforcement currently searching for foreign objects on runway. pic.twitter.com/vGTCLzNszL
— Zach Wigal 👾 (@ZachWigal) August 27, 2018
According to one passenger,
He got underneath the plane. He was jumping up, trying to touch the wings. He ran to the other side of the plane, was touching the engines. He got down on the ground, started doing some push-ups. By that time, all the police and security got down on him
This isn’t the first time this year that a man scaled a fence at LAX. And it isn’t the first time someone ran after a Delta flight waiting to take off this summer.
Here’s the man being apprehended.
The view from our @Delta flight at LAX. A guy ran onto the runway and started doing push-ups. Swiftly apprehended by @LAAirportPD before he could transition to sprints. @flyLAXairport #LAXPD pic.twitter.com/otYpZDO9cT
— Chad Ridgely (@ChadRidgely) August 27, 2018
Here’s video of fire trucks responding.
— Samantha Albiter (@SamanthaAlbite1) August 27, 2018
At least he didn’t try to steal the plane or go after the aircraft with a van.
Don’t do drugs, kids.
I can’t help but feel that there is some challenge going on that we’re unaware about.
@Jerry F.: that’s exactly what I was thinking.