Posted on 06/09/2005 12:25:38 PM PDT by txroadkill
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus international airport operations were disrupted when a man drove a car under parked planes and forced a taxiing airliner to change course to avoid a collision, authorities said.
A chase to catch the driver, identified as a 30-year-old Greek, disrupted airport traffic Wednesday night.
Control tower workers raised the alarm after seeing a car speeding under parked aircraft at Larnaca airport on Cyprus's southeast coast.
A Cyprus Airways jet which had just landed had to change course to avoid collision. "The car was heading straight for us," the pilot said.
The man was being questioned by police, who suspect he was fleeing after being caught taking cookies from a nearby bakery
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