Intruder reaches apron at Paris Charles de Gaulle, stopped by airport staff

A man got past security barriers at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport and reached the apron on foot, according to accounts published so far. Airport staff spotted the intruder and gave chase in a service vehicle, footage circulating on social media shows the car repeatedly pulling close to the running man. Teams eventually stopped him, held him on the ground and handed him over to the authorities.

The incident happened on Tuesday, 15 September. How the man managed to penetrate so far into the sensitive area of the airport is not yet known.

Many questions remain open. The man's motives have not been established, and there is no explanation so far of how he cleared the barriers. Data from flight-tracking services does not indicate any major disruption to operations. Whether the affected runway saw brief restrictions as a result is still unclear.