Incident at Cork Airport

Reganovski

Just hearing from my sister that there has been some incident above in Cork airport. Some nutter ran out onto runway, stole a fire-engine and tried to crash it into a plane. Then he tried to steal one of those luggage thingies. Apparently about 10 gardai trying to catch him....think they had to stun-gun him or something.

Roar

From twitter

"Guy steals Garda jeep outside BT in Cork, drives to Airport, attempts to ram into plane, taken out & tasered, wearing only jocks."

!" lunatic stole police jeep in city, drove to Cork airport, tried to ram planes, now on floor after being tasered and rammed by police"

"@johnpeavoy: Cork Airport. http://twitpic.com/514rs2"

POGAN

craziness

zuroph

Psssh, i do this all the time In Grand Theft Auto

langdang

Madness!

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0522/breaking27.html


rishtimes.com - Last Updated: Sunday, May 22, 2011, 17:36
Man rams plane in stolen fire engine
BARRY ROCHE Southern Correspondent

Gardaí in Cork have arrested an armed man who tried to ram an aeroplane in a stolen fire engine at Cork airport this afternoon.

The man, who is in his forties, had earlier attacked a garda in Cork city centre and slashed him in the face with a knife before stealing a Garda traffic jeep and driving to Cork airport where he rammed through the perimeter fence.

The man then stole an airport fire tender and rammed a number of vehicles before trying to ram a parked plane. It is not clear if the plane he attempted to ram was a commercial passenger jet.

A large number of garda, including armed members of the regional support unit, arrested the man at the airport under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act and also seized a 12 inch knife.

He is being questioned at Togher Garda station.

There are no reports of any shots being fired. The injured garda has been taken to hospital for treatment to his injuries which are not thought to be life-threatening.

zuroph

he got that far, how did they stop him from ramming the plane?!

kerry4sam

langdang wrote: »

Madness!

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0522/breaking27.html


rishtimes.com - Last Updated: Sunday, May 22, 2011, 17:36
Man rams plane in stolen fire engine
BARRY ROCHE Southern Correspondent

Gardaí in Cork have arrested an armed man who tried to ram an aeroplane in a stolen fire engine at Cork airport this afternoon.

The man, who is in his forties, had earlier attacked a garda in Cork city centre and slashed him in the face with a knife before stealing a Garda traffic jeep and driving to Cork airport where he rammed through the perimeter fence.

The man then stole an airport fire tender and rammed a number of vehicles before trying to ram a parked plane. It is not clear if the plane he attempted to ram was a commercial passenger jet.

A large number of garda, including armed members of the regional support unit, arrested the man at the airport under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act and also seized a 12 inch knife.

He is being questioned at Togher Garda station.

There are no reports of any shots being fired. The injured garda has been taken to hospital for treatment to his injuries which are not thought to be life-threatening.

Wish the Garda a speedy recovery to duty . If ever their was a situation for the taser, here it is!

theparish

Al Quedas standards have dropped.

Papa_Lazarou

http://twitpic.com/514rs2

Thought there was a lot of sirens blaring going up the hill earlier alright.

Show Time

Serious nutter now locked up.

langdang

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0522/cork.html

Audio is funny on the video...

Lapin

Yet another good reason not to visit Cork.

Monty Burnz

Lapin wrote: »

Yet another good reason not to visit Cork.

Yup. That brings the total up to...one.

Oafley Jones

It's basically what I end up doing in GTA once the boredom kicks in. Hope the Garda wasn't hurt too badly.

run_Forrest_run

the security are so hung up over people bringing a tweezers with them in their hold all and this looper can leave a trail of destruction from the city up to the airport and break through onto the apron...unbelievable.

Hope none of the sane people were badly injured, as for the looper, tie him to the wing of that A320 and take off!

cookie75

Can you imagine if he pulled that stunt on friday could have been the end of him.

ofcork

Was stuck in traffic in patrick street today and saw a bmw 6 series stopped outside dunnes with a big dent and broken glass around,i assume it was part of the same incident.

dave1982

GTA 5 Cork city:D

KingIsabella

I wonder how far he would have gotten last week.....

Wetbench4

He was disappointed about the lack of the rapture. So he brought his own world to an end.:) Was he a local?

Edit: I hope he was wearing clean jocks!

corkkitteh

ofcork wrote: »

Was stuck in traffic in patrick street today and saw a bmw 6 series stopped outside dunnes with a big dent and broken glass around,i assume it was part of the same incident.

The guy jumped into the Garda jeep - A Toyota Landcruiser, and reversed into the 6 series. Made sh1te of it. The poor fella who owned it will have an strange insurance claim to fill out!

ofcork

Strange actually had passed the bmw earlier in patrick street he was heading towards grand parade and must have come back around,talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Very lucky that he collided with cars and not people. Scary stuff. Presumambly in about a years time we'll read about his supended sentence.

54kroc

Deleted User wrote: »

Very lucky that he collided with cars and not people. Scary stuff. Presumambly in about a years time we'll read about his supended sentence.

I can't see him ever seeing the inside of a prison, surely he'll end up in a mental hospital.

dave1982

So Neil will be reporting on a "incident" not involving him in the morning

evilivor

dave1982 wrote: »

So Neil will be reporting on a "incident" not involving him in the morning

I heard something about a man in a state of undress, criminality and an Aer Lingus plane and I thought of Neil.

CoalBucket

dave1982 wrote: »

So Neil will be reporting on a "incident" not involving him in the morning

Maybe he had taken some nurofen plus before he went on the rampage

54kroc

CoalBucket wrote: »

Maybe he had taken some nurofen plus before he went on the rampage

Please please ring 96fm in the morning and say that.

zuroph

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=72364331&postcount=14699

CharlesHaughey

Thank God he didn't bump into 50 Cent's private jet...

or else Fiddy woulda been out with the gats and shotties, and he woulda bin "poppin' them thangs". Word is born, son. And the man woulda been in his underpants and Fiddy be like "where's ya jeans" and the man would say "you goin' down Fiddy" and then Fiddy would lay the driver the ***k out with the gunfire.

And them i'd be at home watching it on the TV and going "PHOW!" and making other types of explosion noises, and then say "That mo' fo' got laid out, Fo' Sho'". *sips Hennessey*.

castie

Oafley Jones wrote: »

It's basically what I end up doing in GTA once the boredom kicks in. Hope the Garda wasn't hurt too badly.

I was thinking the exact same thing!!

run_Forrest_run

Wetbench4 wrote: »

He was disappointed about the lack of the rapture. So he brought his own world to an end.:) Was he a local?

Edit: I hope he was wearing clean jocks!

from Waterford apparently.

Buceph

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

from Waterford apparently.

Clean jocks from Waterford, you say?

Not after the tazering.

JP Liz V1

Where was the nutter from?

langdang

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

from Waterford apparently.

from waterford apparently

Bluefoam

Its a bit premature really, Munster haven't lost the Magner's yet... Although he could probably see it coming!

Hope two two Gard's are okay.

Show Time

langdang wrote: »

from waterford apparently

The big city and a bit of moonshine has a strange effect on them country boys.

CoalBucket

cork45 wrote: »

Please please ring 96fm in the morning and say that.

I would but I think they have my number blacklisted from the text messages I send in

Show Time

CoalBucket wrote: »

I would but I think they have my number blacklisted from the text messages I send in

Join the club.:)

martiin

I think all airport police staff who was responsible for security on the ramp and gate that day should be fired

54kroc

martiin wrote: »

I think all airport police staff who was responsible for security on the ramp and gate that day should be fired

Why?

martiin

Because that was security breach and airport police and gards didn't stop him only trying to chase him which was unsucessful until guy stop and jump out of that fire dept car. I think airport police has weapons so why they didn't use? For me Garda in Ireland is less effective then security company in Pennys shop

Max001

martiin wrote: »

Because that was security breach and airport police and gards didn't stop him only trying to chase him which was unsucessful until guy stop and jump out of that fire dept car. I think airport police has weapons so why they didn't use? For me Garda in Ireland is less effective then security company in Pennys shop

If he was in a fire engine, about all that'd stop that would be a main battle tank and Ireland doesn't have any

First there was the Fr Ted 'the money was only resting in my account' defence. Then we had the Prenderville 'it was the Neurofen wot done it' defence. Can't wait to hear what this guy's solicitor claims

Red Hand

Max001 wrote: »

First there was the Fr Ted 'the money was only resting in my account' defence. Then we had the Prenderville 'it was the Neurofen wot done it' defence. Can't wait to hear what this guy's solicitor claims

Panadol.

max 73

Why didn't they ram him off the road or stop him with a forced stop before he got that far???

martiin

Max001 wrote: »

If he was in a fire engine, about all that'd stop that would be a main battle tank and Ireland doesn't have any

That red jeep is a airport fire brigade car

johnayo

max 73 wrote: »

Why didn't they ram him off the road or stop him with a forced stop before he got that far???

Most probably because of the grief of having to deal with the Garda ombudsman investigation.

miss_shadow

We're really not prepared for anything out of the norm in Ireland.

gbee

miss_shadow wrote: »

We're really not prepared for anything out of the norm in Ireland.

You missed my post then.

castie

Youve got to admit though it is a bit flimsy.

We have wire fence blocking entrance at some points.
You could throw rocks at the planes your that close.

langdang

castie wrote: »

Youve got to admit though it is a bit flimsy.

We have wire fence blocking entrance at some points.
You could throw rocks at the planes your that close.

"Shur it'll be grand"

Marcin, dunno what the police are like back home, but it's a very different system here. Most Gardai are armed with harsh language and a little extendable baton at best.
Airport police are not armed at all as far as I know. There may be armed Garda detectives stationed there. 2 max probably.

Even the armed detectives would probably have to get written permission from a judge to shoot someone in Ireland. Because criminals "have rights" apparently, and we should all feel sorry for them because they didn't get enough hugs growing up or something.