A passenger heading home after Christmas has been arrested after she ran out onto the airport tarmac and in front of a plane in a desperate bid to get the pilot's attention because she was late for boarding.
Vickie Meyers, 53, told police she was drunk and made a dash for the Spirit Airlines plane at Sky Harbor Airport, in Phoenix, last Sunday, KSAZ-TV reports.
The woman, who was heading back to her home in St. Louis, Missouri, said she was confused about the departure times and missed the final boarding call.
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She first tried to get through the boarding gate door by putting in a random code and then headed to a nearby emergency fire exit which went down to the tarmac.
Meyers went down the stairs and bolted across to the front of the plane where she is believed to have tried to get the attention of the pilot.
Following her unsuccessful attempt to barge through the secured jetway, the woman opened an adjacent emergency door with no trespassing signs in English and Spanish that lead to the tarmac.
Meyers ran down a flight of stairs and made a dash near the front of the airplane as she desperately tried to get the pilot's attention, but airport ground crew members stopped her as she approached the jet.
"She decided to go out the emergency doors, to the tarmac, and start arguing with grounds crews about why she should be let on the plane still," passenger Bryan Jones told KSAZ-TV.
The workers held Meyers until police arrived, who escorted her back to the terminal arresting her following the ordeal.
She was taken to Maricopa County jail where she was charged with first-degree criminal trespassing.
Videos of the ordeal have since gone viral on TikTok, which shows the woman being escorted and later placed under arrest by airport officials.