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Two's in
26th Apr 2008, 19:49
Now 73 year olds wandering aimlessly around Florida with their left turn signal on is not exactly news, but they aren't supposed to be able to access the runway of an International airpoert while doing it...

Hard to figure what the most distubing element of this brief story is;maybe it is that he was;

1. Able to evade security in his car.
2. 73 years old.
3. Able to drive right onto the Runway.


Also reading the answer given by Airport Authorities (below), they are obviously assuming that any terrorists are blocking out their MS Outlook diaries for a month with "Wait until MIA completes security upgrade before attacking". At least now we know where the T5 Planning committee got new jobs...


http://www.kansascity.com/news/nation/story/592535.html

MIAMI | A 73-year-old man drove his black Chevrolet Cobalt through a wooden gate and onto Runway 9 at Miami International Airport on Friday — raising questions about the airport’s security.

But airport leaders say they have an almost-immediate answer: They’re in the midst of upgrading the airport’s airside security from the wooden lift-arm system to a hydraulic system with pop-up barriers that they say would stop any vehicle. The new system will be operational in about a month.

RatherBeFlying
26th Apr 2008, 23:01
Not too many years ago, an elderly lady made a few wrong turns and found herself on one of the YYZ runways.

Sobelena
26th Apr 2008, 23:02
No airport in the world is 100% secure from terrorist attack. In fact, no airport in the world is even 50% secure from terrorist attack. Anyone who thinks otherwise is seriously deluded. There are a lot of deluded managers working in airport security.

aviatordom
27th Apr 2008, 11:18
The incident could of turned into a fatal accident if he turned onto the runway and an aircraft was at 30-40 feet above the ground!

PaperTiger
27th Apr 2008, 14:38
It happens regularly, usually elderly drivers but sometimes drunks or as a result of a traffic accident. Also bear in mind that any piece of concrete on the airport is a "runway" as far as the media are concerned.

"Miami-Dade airport police quickly stopped the driver." As they hopefully would any actual terrorist(s) who chose this rather low-probability method of attack.

Nothing to see here folks, move along.

rotornut
27th Apr 2008, 22:37
an elderly lady made a few wrong turns and found herself on one of the YYZ runways.
You're not talking about my mother, are you? Well, actually no but she could have. Fortunately she surrendered her license before she got into trouble.