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Man Who Ran His Jeep On The Runway At Philadelphia Airport Pleads Guilty
 
By Daniel Baxter
 

July 11, 2012 - Kenneth Richard Mazik, 24, of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to one count information charging him with disrupting the services of the Philadelphia International Airport on March 1, 2012, and in so doing endangering the safety at that airport. 

At approximately 11 a.m. on March 1, 2012, Mazik who was intoxicated crashed his black Jeep Grand Cherokee through a locked gate on the perimeter of the airport as an airplane was approaching for landing. He turned onto runway 9R, running over and damaging two of the runway threshold lights that alert approaching aircraft to the beginning of the runway. At the time, the incoming airplane was approaching that same runway.  

Mazik then sped down the runway with the airplane approaching from his rear. The FAA Air Traffic Controller had to divert the plane and also revoked landing clearance for an additional passenger plane.Mazik sped off runway 9R, narrowly missing an airport antenna, crossed a second active runway and continued toward the eastern end of the runway systems. He then sped down runway 27R with Philadelphia police in chase.

Mazik drove the entire length of runway 27R, driving off the west end before stopping on an adjacent taxiway where police arrested him. Mazik’s actions closed the airport for 30 minutes and numerous planes were delayed, causing financial expense and losses to Philadelphia International Airport. Mazik faces a maximum possible sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment, a fine of up to $250,000, and possible restitution when sentenced on October 24, 2012 (See video).

 

 

 
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