Shannon incident: man breaches restricted area, damages US aircraft; arrested
TL;DR
A man in his 40s entered Shannon Airport’s restricted airside area, climbed onto a US Air Force C-130 Hercules on a remote taxiway, and damaged the fuselage with an implement (possibly an axe). Airport operations were briefly halted with two departures delayed and an arriving Lourdes flight held; he was detained by Gardaí and investigations are ongoing.
- Man arrested after allegedly damaging US military aircraft at Shannon Airport Irish Examiner
- Man climbs onto US military aircraft in Ireland, attacks it with hatchet: report Fox News
- Lunatic reportedly attacks US war plane with hatchet at Ireland airport, extensively damaging $75M craft New York Post
- Man attacked US military airplane with hatchet at Shannon Airport this morning The Journal
- Man arrested over alleged damage to plane at Shannon Airport RTE.ie
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