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| Man stopped by police after running after plane at Dublin Airport | Man stopped by police after running after plane at Dublin Airport |
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| A passenger has been pinned to the ground by police at Dublin Airport after running out of the terminal towards a plane and shouting at the pilot to wait. | A passenger has been pinned to the ground by police at Dublin Airport after running out of the terminal towards a plane and shouting at the pilot to wait. |
| The incident happened on Thursday morning. | The incident happened on Thursday morning. |
| Moments earlier the man was inside banging on the window of the terminal and asking ground crew to hold the plane. | Moments earlier the man was inside banging on the window of the terminal and asking ground crew to hold the plane. |
| He made it to the taxiing Ryanair aircraft before police arrested him. | |
| A ground crew member said the man "just ran from the building towards the plane," which was departing for Amsterdam. | |
| Two police cars and a police van dealt with the incident. | Two police cars and a police van dealt with the incident. |
| The passenger, who appeared to be in his 30s, did not make it on board and the flight departed 21 minutes behind schedule. | |
| In a statement, an airport spokesman said: "A male and female passenger were late for a Ryanair flight to Amsterdam this morning and arrived at the boarding gate after the flight had closed. | |
| "They were engaging with Ryanair staff at the gate and the male passenger was becoming agitated. | |
| "He was banging on the window to try and get the aircraft to wait and he then broke through a door and made his way onto the apron, trying to flag the aircraft down. | |
| "He was was initially restrained by Ryanair staff on the apron and airport police, who had already been contacted, arrived on the scene almost immediately and arrested him. | |
| "He was taken to the Airport Police Station and will be handed over to the Gardai (Irish police)." | |
| According to DAA, which operates Dublin Airport, 14.7 million passengers travelled through it in the first six months of this year. |