Flight delayed as man climbs onto wing of 737 at Las Vegas

[JustOccurred2Me]

CNN reporting that Alaska Airlines flight 1437 delayed for approx 4hrs after a man scaled the perimeter fence at McCarran and climbed onto the wing of a 737

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/12/us/las-vegas-airport-plane-wing-man-custody/index.html

Wouldn't have thought it that easy to climb up, but he managed it.

[Longtimer]

So much for "Airport Security".

[The Bartender]

The MAX comes equipped with it's own ladder....
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/338x475/20201213_173100_53111513f7492a8eb5c041a102dab227342b5dfc.jpg

[atakacs]

Well at least the winglets seem to be quite solidly affixed...

[WillFlyForCheese]

Here’s video of the event. He took quite a fall. Looks like the police use the EE on the wing to go out after him. Crazy.

https://twitter.com/breakingavnews/status/1338036127354261506?s=21

[WillFlyForCheese]

One more - shows LE exiting the aircraft EE.

https://twitter.com/dineshjoshi700/status/1338137731923251200?s=21

[Una Due Tfc]

He eh, seems awfully attracted to that winglet.

[aeromech3]

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/400x314/wingjumping_c8d1b10417bb795745c30d6f85dca3a517f72b08.png

[DaveReidUK]

Alaskan appears to have been holding here for an 8L departure:

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/622x487/klas_8l_1c42e60028a84e4bb9fb6b33b3b128ca24ad1abb.jpg

[Clop_Clop]

It's the hand/arm...

[flyfan]

The MAX comes equipped with it's own ladder....


Kinda brave to climb up there with the engines running...

[Speed_Alive_V1]

Such a strange thing to attempt. What was the purpose?
I can only speculate the poor individual is not all quite there. The systems in place should have stopped such an occurrance.

[albatross]

Perhaps the aftermath bad night at the gaming tables.
I hope the gentleman gets the medical treatment he needs.

[PilotLZ]

I know that many people found lockdown scary and hard to deal with, but this just takes things to the next level. Poor guy apparently needs specialist help. Nobody in their right mind would do anything like that. It's the exact sort of illogical thing which a person in severely disturbed mental health would attempt without being able to give any rationale for it when questioned.

[The Bartender]

Kinda brave to climb up there with the engines running...
They saw him approaching and shut down.

https://youtu.be/7wsOqoHbuiI

[JumpJumpJump]

Kinda brave to climb up there with the engines running...

I am not entirely convinced that he was considering this particular issue at the time....

[capngrog]

'Tis a fine line indeed, between bravery and stupidity. I think I'll go with stupidity with respect to this incident.

[gravityf1ghter]

What is the weight limit of the end of the wing? Ie How many humans can stand on the end?

[jmmoric]

We could find out. Maybe make an event out of it.

[AndoniP]

I'm sure a fair few could

[Jet II]

The weight is not an issue, I was more concerned about the cops walking out and what damage their boots would do.

[DaveReidUK]

If only Boeing had made the "No walk" markings more prominent. :O

[kghjfg]

Just another “extinction rebellion” person trying to stop a flight isn’t it?

[Joe le Taxi]

Did the officers not "spot", ready to partly catch the guy to stop his head hitting the deck, because they didn't think of it, or because of "health and safety"?

[SamYeager]

If you watch the first vid it appears they deliberately didn't want to get too close, possibly because they feared it might panic him.

[Joe le Taxi]

Possibly, but I was referring to the officers on the apron, who only ran to him after he fell. Maybe jt was just a question of being 10 seconds too late.

[FullWings]

Maybe he thought it was a 737 MAX and he was performing a public duty by stopping it taking off?

[Bksmithca]

And how many of those officers would have been hurt attempting to catch this 150 - 200 pound individual?

[meleagertoo]

I find it hard to believe anyone could climb onto a wing from the ground with the engines running, unless they saw him coming and were quick to shut them down . But that spot is a long long way from the perimeter fence, isn't it? Seems amazing he'd get that far without being spotted.
My guess is we'll find he was pax and went out of the overwing exit.
Did he fall or was he tasered?

[AndoniP]

Joe le Taxi

He'd weigh about 12-15 stone at least. You'd be a bit stupid to be underneath trying to catch him, and would probably cause yourself an injury.

[Pistonprop]

meleagertoo, I would suggest you listen to the r/t in post #15.

[RatherBeFlying]

The police who walked out on the wing were lucky that the subject fell off before they got to him. Any struggle with the subject could very easily have seen one or more police falling off with him onto concrete. People have died falling from the door.

Don't know how many tether points are on the wing, but they really should have been hooked up.

[FullWings]

RatherBeFlying

That really surprised me when one of the Officers went out on the wing. For those of you who haven’t been out on one, they can be more slippery than they look, and because of the convex section, once you start to slide you’ve gone. Better to call the fire truck...

[DaveReidUK]

They were probably planning just to shoot him ...

[Chris2303]

Darwin wins again