Well, this should make people feel some type of way about security at Chicago's Midway International Airport.
The Chicago Police Dept. says charges are pending against a man who somehow was able to breach security and gain access to a runway at Midway on Tuesday, where he not only was able to run around the tarmac but also climbed onto the wing of a plane at one point, according to ABC News Chicago.
The unidentified man, 33, was apparently walking near 55th St, which borders the airport and jumped a barbed-wire fence. His jacket and shirt became entangled in the barbed wire so he stripped down to just a few essentials and was finally apprehended at about 4:45 on Tuesday afternoon near runway 31 at Midway.
"I think we're seeing how easy it is for somebody to scale a fence and get into a secure area," Joseph Schwieterman, a DePaul University aviation expert, told ABC Chicago. "In this case it appears the airport didn't have a lot of operational disruption, but, boy, it's a wakeup call that one individual could potentially bring down [a] transportation network."
In an era of unruly passengers, the expert added that "Every year we have new threats to our airline system, and somebody getting inside a secure area without a great deal of difficulty. It does suggest that new kinds of fencing may have to be looked at."
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