Man faces charges after breaching security fence at Lehigh Valley International Airport
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania July 21 2021
A man is facing charges after officials say he drove his pickup truck onto a runway at the Lehigh Valley International Airport as a plane was taking off Friday afternoon.
Shortly before 3:30 p.m., Northampton resident Brad Weinhofer, 34, crashed through the security fence at Gate 28 and drove onto Runway 24, Lehigh Northampton Airport Authority spokesperson Colin Riccobon said.
The plane did not have to abort its takeoff, he said and the truck and plane were not on the runway at the same time.
Weinhofer got out of his truck and airport authority police immediately arrested him without incident.
He faces charges of criminal mischief and reckless endangerment, which are misdemeanors, and risking a catastrophe, which is a felony.
District judge Rashid Santiago sent him to county jail under $50,000 bail.
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