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Man Arrested After Doing Push-Ups on an LAX Runway
Source: KTLA News
An unidentified man jumped a fence at Los Angeles International Airport and began doing push-ups on the runway before being apprehended by police.
Police were able to grab the energetic offender when he began running near a Delta Airlines jet.
The view from our @Delta flight at LAX. A guy ran onto the runway and started doing push-ups. Swiftly apprehended by @LAAirportPD before he could transition to sprints. @flyLAXairport #LAXPD pic.twitter.com/otYpZDO9cT
— Chad Ridgely (@ChadRidgely) August 27, 2018
Passengers onboard a nearby plane were able to share shots of the random event to social media, with one Twitter user Chad Ridgely sharing the man “started doing push-ups.”
Planes in the vicinity were delayed as police performed a security sweep of the area, closing down the airfield for around 20 minutes.
