Woman Steals Shuttle Bus At Midway Airport In Shocking Incident

A crazy incident involving a security breach at a busy Illinois airport has police scratching their heads about how it actually happened.

Illinois Woman Steals An Airport Shuttle And Drives It Onto The Runway

I don't know if I'm just weird or if other people do this too. Whenever I go somewhere, I'm always scooping out the situation. I am very aware of my surroundings. Especially, a place like an airport. There's a lot going on with the travelers coming and going.

Have you ever noticed that airports are locked down like Fort Knox and even a jail? There is so much security outside and inside the property, I wonder how people could ever get in or out of secure areas, but apparently, a woman in Illinois did it without a problem.

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Imagine you're waiting for your flight at Midway Airport. You look out the window to the taxiway, and you see an airport shuttle driving around. My first thought was what the heck is going on, and second, how did that bus get out on the runway?

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According to CBS News...

A woman has been arrested after allegedly breaking into a private aviation hangar at Midway International Airport, stealing a shuttle bus, and driving it onto a taxiway before telling police she was just "testing security."

Every possible port of entry at Midway and O'Hare International Airport is supposed to be guarded by security, and doors to the runway and other secure areas are equipped with keypads requiring special badges to pass through, but somehow a woman got into a secured area at Midway and roamed freely where planes are parked, before she hopped on a bus and drove it around.

According to a Chicago police report, she was arrested around 4:25 a.m. Monday, after a witness saw her on the secured side of the Signature Flight Support hangar at Midway, where she climbed onto a Signature shuttle bus and drove it onto the taxiway in front of the building, where planes are parked.