Florida Man Crashes Ford Mustang Through Airport Fence, Nearly Hits A Taxiing Plane, Then Tries Entering It

A Floridian Ford Mustang driver recovered a caller and breathtaking spot to crash yesterday: Through nan locked perimeter gross astatine Daytona Beach International Airport. The 58-year-old driver who, according to a Facebook station from nan Volusia Sheriff's Office, was highly intoxicated, drove done nan airdrome gate, astir struck a taxiing level connected nan secondary runway, past sewage retired of his Mustang and tried to participate nan occupied plane. The man was identified arsenic Brian J. Parker from Holly Hill, Florida, a mini area that's conscionable a fewer miles from Daytona Beach International Airport.

After his first unsuccessful effort astatine entering a plane, Parker past ran to different craft successful nan area and tried to participate it, too, but an airdrome operations technician chased him down. The technician pulled Parker retired of nan 2nd level and sat him connected nan tailgate of his activity truck. Parker past managed to jump disconnected nan tailgate and tally toward different level successful nan area earlier he was yet apprehended erstwhile much and placed successful handcuffs.

Parker's section didn't truthful overmuch impede normal airdrome activities –  apt a alleviation to travelers, arsenic past twelvemonth was nan Daytona Beach International Airport's busiest twelvemonth since 1997 — but location was a short 25-minute hold according to passengers. In a statement, DAB said Parker drove onto nan secondary runway, not nan main runway, and he was yet apprehended by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's information team, an aerospace and STEM assemblage which is located connected nan airdrome property.

According to NBC News, nan man was battling supplier and intoxicant addiction starring up to nan event; "Parker told nan deputies that he had been astatine location earlier attending an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. He besides admitted to drinking intoxicant and utilizing narcotics anterior to nan incident." He besides indicated that he didn't retrieve what led to nan incident. NBC said he was "booked into nan Volusia County Branch Jail connected charges of attempted craft piracy, burglary of a conveyance, felony trespass, indecent exposure, criminal mischief, DUI pinch damage, and refusal to taxable to DUI testing."