In California, 17-year-old girl tried to steal a small plane at the airport in Fresno and crashed it into the building and the fence. Fortunately, during incident nobody has suffered.
It happened around 7:30 a.m. local time, on Wednesday, December 18, when the girl (name withheld because of a minority) climbed over the fence Yosemite international airport in Fresno (Fresno Yosemite International Airport).
According to representatives of the airport, the girl climbed into a small plane King Air 200 and were able to run one engine.
Then the plane started to move, but quickly turned and ran into the building and the fence, and not taking off. At the airport said that the plane suffered «substantial damage».
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When police arrived to arrest the girl, she was still sitting in the pilot’s seat with the headset of the pilot. According to officers, the girl was «disoriented» and «refused to cooperate».
The airport said in its statement that the incident occurred in a section of General aviation and away from commercial and military zones.
«Not one passenger or a commercial airline are not at risk in the incident, said at the airport. — The motive is still under investigation, but no indication of any connection with domestic terrorism.»
When at a press conference of law enforcement officers asked the teenager managed to break the security of the airport, the chief airport police drew Bessinger said:
«Over the fence. In most cases through any fence you can climb, if you have enough motivation to get through the barbed wire.»
