Woman arrested after trying to catch plane on tarmac

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A woman was arrested after allegedly walking onto the tarmac to catch a plane taking off from an airport in Australia.

The bizarre incident, which happened at Canberra Airport on Wednesday night, was caught on video in a clip shared on social media.

“She’s trying to yell at the pilot, she’s trying to get his attention and jump up, it was bizarre,” Simon Hales told 9News.

Hales described the ordeal in a Facebook post, stating that the woman had “missed her flight clearly and thought she could still catch it.”

“(She) pushed past the staff at the door, ran down onto the tarmac and ran up to the plane.

“Luckily the pilot was warned or spotted her and killed the engine.”

The woman was arrested by the Australian Federal Police (AFP), 9News reported.

Dennis Bilic, who posted a video of the incident on X, formerly known as Twitter, described the situation as “mild chaos.”

“People were a bit flat-footed, they didn’t seem to know what to do, that was the weird part,” Bilic told 9News.

“(We were thinking) ‘Is anyone gonna stop her?'”

The plane was a QantasLink flight heading to Adelaide.

Flights at the airport were delayed for just 10 minutes before returning to scheduled service.

The New Zealand Herald reported that the woman did not have a booking for the flight.