Posted on 11/24/2025 12:13:22 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Two air passengers have been arrested after they tried to chase their plane on the runway having missed boarding for the flight in Germany.
The two men, aged 28 and 47, were seen sprinting across the tarmac at Cologne Bonn Airport on Friday in an attempt to catch a Wizz Air flight.
The plane, bound for Romania, was seen with red flashing lights on and its engines running, indicating that it was in the middle of taxiing for its 9.30pm departure.
But the two men appeared to signal to the pilot that they wanted to be onboard the plane.
An airport employee was seen approaching the men and intervening.
Despite the delay, the plane managed to take off only a few minutes later, and ended up landing ahead of schedule in Bucharest.
German cops said the gate, B70, had already closed. They alleged that the two men smashed the glass of an emergency alarm at 9.33pm and pressed a button to open the door to the tarmac.
Federal police spokesman Oliver Hünewinckell told Bild: 'Criminal charges for trespassing have been filed against the men; a violation of the Air Security Act is still being investigated'.
A spokesperson for Cologne Bonn airport told the newspaper: 'We can confirm that on Friday evening, two passengers gained unauthorised access to the apron via an emergency exit after passing through security.
'The two were apprehended by airport staff and handed over to the Federal Police. Cologne/Bonn Airport has initiated legal proceedings.
'Aviation security at the airport was never compromised, and flight operations were not affected'.
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Wizz Air? Surely, you can’t be series.
Nice cultural reference! You must be old, too.
That must be the airline I heard that lets people pee on the floor, much like restaurants used to encourage people to throw peanut remains on the floor.
How do the dead chase a plane??
Another idiot too stupid to turn the phone sideways when he’s filming.
> They alleged that the two men smashed the glass of an emergency alarm at 9.33pm and pressed a button to open the door to the tarmac. <
Evidently the Germans do not value individual initiative.
The only people with cell phones in 1978 were time-travelers.
We rented a Granada on a trip to SoCal back in 1976. I always thought they were ugly.
There was a burger joint on El Camino Real in Menlo Park, Kalifornia, near the Safeway, The Oasis. There was so much peanut shell on the floor, it seemed to turn into sawdust, which soaked up quite a bit of spilled beer. One day, I witnessed some patrons who had not only consumed A LOT of peanuts, they had placed all of the empty peanut shells on the table. A LARGE pyramid of shells. When they were finished, one of them used his forearm and pushed all of the shells off the table. It sounded like rain as it fell.
I suspect these two "humans" are behaving exactly as their ancestors have done for thousands of years.
The "strange" ones are those of us who decided to wear clothing and learn reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic.
Hey, they were running to catch a plane, not to cut someone’s throat!
Hahahahahaha!
Well, you certainly are.
I am series, and stop calling me Shirley!
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