A highly intoxicated man in Florida drove his car through a locked perimeter fence at Daytona Beach International Airport and attempted to hijack several small aircraft to visit his sister 300 miles away, according to an FBI affidavit unsealed last week.
Bryan John Parker, 58, allegedly urinated on the taxiway, climbed into at least two unoccupied planes, and tried to open the door of a running aircraft while shouting at the pilot to 'go, go, go'. Security officers from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University subdued him before deputies arrived.
In bodycam footage, Parker told a deputy he had attended an AA meeting and then 'started doing cocaine, drinking and smoking pot'. He later told the FBI he attempted to enter the aircraft to fly to his sister in Sanibel, Florida.
Parker had previous convictions including burglary, DUI, and driving without a licence. He now faces federal charges that could result in up to 20 years in prison for damaging airport facilities, and up to a year for trespassing on airport security areas.
