Heathrow Security Breach: police carry out controlled explosion on northern runway

A man managed to breach Heathrow Airport security and run into the path of an aircraft, the man had a rucksack on his person. The man who jumped the fence to get onto the northern runway was tackled by armed officers.

A controlled explosion was carried out on the rucksack, however no bomb was found. The northern runway is being partially used, while the Southern runway is in full use. A spokesperson for British Airways has said that

A man with a rucksack has run into the path of an aircraft at Heathrow Airport – sparking a major security alert. He jumped the perimeter fence shortly after 2pm and was tackled by armed officers on the northern runway. “Flights will obviously be disrupted due to the closure of the runway.

Police will now want to question the man, and the first question will be what he was doing there. However the question I would like to know is “how did he breach security.” This is now the second time in only a few weeks that people have managed to breach Heathrow Airport security.

Source – Sky News