Probe launched after man breaches Liverpool Airport security

Sep 30 2007

John Lennon Airport (320)

A MAN will appear in court tomorrow charged with boarding a plane without permission after allegedly breaching security at Liverpool's John Lennon Airport.

The man was arrested after being restrained early on Saturday morning.

An airport spokesman said the man ran through a vehicle gate at 6am and headed for a Thomsonfly Boeing aircraft parked. It had been due to fly to Spain empty.

Waldemar Rejowski, 47, of no fixed abode, is due at Liverpool magistrates court tomorrow charged with boarding an aircraft without permission.

The airport say the man was stopped at the top of the stairs but Thomsonfly say he got on board where he was discovered by cabin crew.

Robin Tudor, spokesman for Liverpool Airport, said: "The man forced his way through a security barrier by the main access gate on the airport apron.

"Security guards saw this happen, gave chase immediately and the man was apprehended.

"We don't regard this as a security breach. There was no lapse in security - the man broke a barrier to gain access.

"As a matter of course we have informed the Department of Transport about the incident and they have not instructed us to alter procedures."

For the full story and eyewitness accounts of what happened, read Monday's newspaper