Guy Found Walking on Runway at DFW Airport

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Guy Found Walking on Runway at DFW Airport

The pilot of an American Eagle plane coming in for landing over the weekend must have been a little surprised to see this guy walking on the runway.

When DFW airport police asked Nathan Grant how he got there he reportedly told them, “Air Force One dropped me off”.

Police quickly realized they had seen Grant before. In fact, he spent the previous night in the airport police department’s jail after being arrested for public intoxication inside one of the airport terminals. Grant is from San Antonio and was apparently waiting for a flight when he was arrested the first time.

Police figure when he got out of jail in the morning he was looking for the quickest route back to the terminal. And, of course, on the sprawling DFW airport property the shortest line is straight across the runways.

The FBI says it will not bring federal charges against Grant because they don’t think he had any intent to hurt anyone. But obviously the breach makes you wonder – if this guy can get onto the airfield who else can get out there? A DFW spokesman told me last night that they’ll be studying how Grant got in. They also point out that that Grant was quickly spotted and arrested.