LONDON — A man who breached security to board an empty plane at Heathrow Airport has been arrested.
Fox News reported: The Metropolitan Police force said 38-year-old Louis Pedro Verdasca dos Santos Costa, of west London, has been charged with unlawfully being airside and unlawfully being on an aircraft.
He is due to appear in court next week. The incident, which occurred Saturday, is not believed to be terror-related.
British media reports said the man locked himself in the cockpit of a parked and empty British Airways jet, where security officers struggled to reach him through the reinforced door, designed to protect pilots in case of attempted hijacking.
“Safety and security are always our main priority and we take incidents involving either very seriously indeed,” the airport said in a statement. “Individuals illegally entering the airside environment potentially endanger their own lives and those of others.”
No further details were available.
