Posted on 04/11/2026 4:08:59 PM PDT by Libloather
A maniac reportedly attacked a US war plane with a hatchet at a major civilian airport in Ireland Saturday, causing extensive damage at a controversial stopover site for American military.
He snuck into restricted space at Shannon Airport in County Clare, where the US Air Force’s $75 million C130 Hercules military transport aircraft was parked, local outlet The Journal reported.
The lunatic — in his 40s but yet to be identified — climbed onto the wing of the plane and started hacking away at the wing and the fuselage, causing extensive damage, according to GB News.
The shocking attack caused the airport to close for just under 30 minutes, before police from the Garda Síochána arrested the man.
The C-130 Hercules is a transport aircraft that is used in a wide range of military situations.
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Good grief.
You would think they (the Irish law enforcement) would offer better protection of our stopover aircraft with this KNOWN miscreant behavior.
I wonder if *lunatic* = muslim and they just don’t want to admit it.
“Lunatic reportedly attacks US war plane with hatchet at Ireland airport, extensively damaging $75M craft (C-130)”. He’s never been late for a flight.
Low tech.
Are those afflicted with TDS, now being diagnosed as lunatics?
“Yet to be identified”
Xxxxxxx
More likely Mohamed.
“Was it Rosie??”
No idea who that is? My money is on “The Edge” = Dave Evans (far left socialist) egging on Bono (Dim witted socialist) AKA members of the formerly half decent band U2 for the crime.
Probably had help with the Irish Police. They as woke as the Brits.
Ireland should pay for the repairs.
FWIW, Ireland was on the side of the Axis in WWII.
“Forget it Jake. Its Ireland”
Could be. Was he yelling something about a snack bar?
Yeah. Who really was the lunatic? Maybe that judge should be footing half of this bill personally...
I don’t
The word lunatic absolves responsibility.
Who knows?
These days it's just as likely to be a white libtard with a man bun.
Plus, Mohamed would've taken a hatchet to the passengers in the airport.
“The word lunatic absolves responsibility.”
Bingo!
And this perpetrator is not a lunatic.
He deliberately picked a military plane and deliberately picked a US military plane to damage. This was not a random thoughtless act. It was obviously premeditated.
In this case it was a transient aircraft parked at a civilian airport. The jurisdiction for security lies with the host nation.
Ireland is full of Mohammed’s AND Mohammad wanna be redhead leftists who trained in Cuba or Libya alongside Mohammads.
what could he reach? Tires?
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