“Her intent was to stop the aircraft from taking off,” said
Sgt. Al LeBlanc. “She jumped the security fence, but she was nowhere near the
aircrafts. The airport staff and the Mounted Police responded right away and
apprehended her.”
The woman climbed over a 10-foot security fence with angled
barb wire around 8:30 a.m. local time, according to Peter Spurway, the
airport’s communications vice president.
“She was immediately spotted by the aircraft control tower.
One of our folks was on the area and apprehended her. She was in the airfield
for 10 minutes. We had a small aircraft in the area and the traffic control
tower rerouted the aircraft,” said Spurway.
Spurway said the woman then told police that she believed her
husband was on an aircraft, and she was trying to stop him.
“This is a very unusual type of incident. I had never heard
of such an incident before in my many years as an officer,” said LeBlanc.
Police took the woman
to the hospital for a medical assessment. According to LeBlanc, she suffered
minor injuries from scaling the fence.
The 37-year-old woman is a resident of the Fall River, a
small suburban community southwest of the airport. LeBlanc said her husband was
not a passenger on any plane and criminal charges are unlikely.
The airport is conducting a full review of their security
measures, according to Spurway. “This is a very rare occurrence. I have been
here over eight years and this has never happened,” he said.
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