Man was arrested after jumping the fence at LAX

Delta
Airplane at LA airport on June 9, 2018

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• A man was arrested on Monday after jumping the fence at
  Los
  Angeles International Airport and running onto the runway
  near a Delta Air
  Lines plane.
• Shortly before 1:30 p.m. local time, a man scaled the
  barrier security barrier near Sepulveda Boulevard and
  Lincoln Avenue and was seen running toward an idle Delta
  plane.
•  Following interviews with airport police, the man
  was booked for trespassing. 
• A LAX Public Information Officer for Airport Police
  tells Business Insider the man’s motivations were “a
  combination of mental illness and possible narcotics
  involved.” 

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A man was arrested on Monday after jumping the fence at Los
Angeles International Airport and running onto the runway near a
Delta Air Lines plane.

According to CBS
4 Los Angeles, shortly before 1:30 p.m. local time a man
scaled the barrier security barrier near Sepulveda
Boulevard and Lincoln Avenue. He was then seen running
near an idle Delta Air Lines plane, where CBS 4 reports officers
said he tried to hide underneath the plane before they arrived.
He was then taken into custody.

Rob Pedregon, LAX Public Information Officer for Airport Police,
told Business Insider that the suspect is a 23-year-old man from
the Los Angeles area. When asked what the suspect’s motivation
was for climbing the security barrier and reaching the runway,
Pedregon stated, “a combination of mental illness and possible
narcotics involved,” where the suspect was on those narcotics at
the time of the incident.  

According to
CBS News, police have yet to release more information
pertaining to whether the man was armed.

Pedregon told Business Insider the man was arrested and booked
for trespassing, where a trial date will be set. 

CBS 4 Los Angeles reports the man was also interviewed by the
FBI. 

LAX is America’s second busiest airport after Hartsfield-Jackson
Atlanta International Airport, where earlier this summer a man
was also arrested for scaling a fence and jumping on the runway,
though in that instance he
was only in his underwear.

At LAX on Monday, a couple of passengers on the idle Delta flight
took pictures of the incident and shared them on social media,
with users noting the man started doing push-ups.