BOSSES at Perth International Airport have held urgent security talks after three drunken men allegedly climbed a fence and gained access to a parked Qantas jet. The three men, one aged 20, the other two aged 24, are due to appear in Perth Magistrates Court later this week after they were arrested by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) on an aerobridge near the A330 aircraft early yesterday. They were each charged with unauthorised access to a secure area and trespassing on Commonwealth land.
Police would allege the three men scaled the fence about 1am (WST), getting onto the plane, which had just arrived in Western Australia from Singapore, an AFP spokesman said. After being detained at the East Perth lock-up they were bailed until their court appearance. A security screening of the aircraft was carried out after the men were discovered, and nothing suspicious was found on board, the AFP said A spokeswoman for Westralia Airports Corporation, owners of the airport, said it would make no comment on the incident until a meeting of bosses had concluded. A Qantas spokeswoman also said the company had no comment on the security breach. |