Bizarre incident at an airport in Ireland: a man boarded an American military plane and started hitting it
A man was arrested on Saturday, April 11, after he entered an unauthorized area of an airport in Ireland and boarded a US military aircraft, which he punched.
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According to The Guardian, the suspect, aged around 40, was detained for alleged destruction and remains in police custody.
Footage posted on social media shows a man climbing onto a US Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules military transport plane, then punching it, most likely.
“On Saturday 11 April 2026, an adult male entered an unauthorized area of Shannon Airport in County Clare.
A man (aged around 40) was arrested for alleged vandalism by police shortly before 11am and is currently being held under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at a police station in the Clare–Tipperary area. The investigation is ongoing,” an Irish police spokesman said.
The intervention was attended by police officers, airport police officers, Shannon Airport firefighters and members of the defense forces on duty.
As a result of the incident, two departing flights were delayed and a plane arriving from Lourdes was held up in the air.
A spokesman for Shannon Airport Group said operations resumed shortly after the incident. “The airport suspended operations around 9:50 a.m. and resumed operations at 10:15 a.m.”
