Shocking moment ‘disorientated’ teenager, 17, steals plane and drives it into fence before arrest

Shocking moment ‘disorientated teenager, 17, who scaled a fence at a Fresno airport and stole a private plane drives it into a fence’ before she is arrested

  • Security footage has captured the moment a 17-year-old girl allegedly steals a small plane at Fresno Yosemite International Airport in California on Wednesday
  • In the footage, the privately owned King Air 200 is seen leaving a building at before turning and then heading back in the building’s direction    
  • It comes to a complete stop after crashing into a fence at the landing strip 
  • Police said they received a 911 call and arrived around 7.30am to find a disorientated teenager sitting in the pilot’s seat  wearing a headset
  • She reportedly resisted arrest when officers detained her before she was transported to a juvenile facility on a theft charge 
  • No injuries were reported and there was no indication incident was related to domestic terrorism

Surveillance video has captured the shocking moment when police say a 17-year-old girl stole a small airplane at an airport in California and ran it into a fence before he was arrested for theft of the aircraft Wednesday.

The unidentified youth was arrested after she allegedly scaled a fence at Yosemite Fresno airport and stole the King Air 200. 

Yosemite Fresno Airport Police say they got a 911 call about the theft and responded about 7.30am. 

Yosemite Fresno Airport Police say they got a 911 call about the theft and responded about 7:30 a.m. Pictured is the plane after it came to a stop when its nose crashed into a fence at the airport

Surveillance video has captured the shocking moment when police say a 17-year-old girl stole a small airplane at Yosemite Fresno Airport in California. Pictured is when the plane is seen in the footage leaving an airport building

Surveillance video has captured the shocking moment when police say a 17-year-old girl stole a small airplane at Yosemite Fresno Airport in California. Pictured is when the plane is seen in the footage leaving an airport building

Once it pull up to the landing strip, the plane suddenly turns around and is seen in the footage returning back to the building

Once it pull up to the landing strip, the plane suddenly turns around and is seen in the footage returning back to the building

In a video of the aircraft being taken from the airport, the plane is seen leaving the airport building and pulling up to the landing strip.

The aircraft then turns around and stops after its nose crashes into a chain-link fence. 

The incident took place in an area of the airport near East Shields and North Winery avenues that was not near the main passenger terminal.

Police said the youth was found seated inside the cockpit, wearing the pilot’s headset. 

The young, would-be pilot was disoriented and resisted arrest when she was approached by police.

She appears in a separate video, reports KSEE, wearing red, flannel pajama pants and a dark, colored parka when she is lead away from the scene.

Police said the youth was found seated inside the cockpit, wearing the pilot's headset. Officers are pictured with the teen after they found her on the plane

Police said the youth was found seated inside the cockpit, wearing the pilot’s headset. Officers are pictured with the teen after they found her on the plane

The young, would-be pilot was disoriented and resisted arrest when confronted by officers (pictured), police said 

She appears in a separate video wearing red, flannel pajama pants and a dark, colored parka when she is lead away from the scene.

She appears in a separate video wearing red, flannel pajama pants and a dark, colored parka when she is lead away from the scene.

Police said was taken to a juvenile hall on charges of theft of an aircraft.

Her name was not released, due to her age. 

No injuries were reported and there was no indication incident was related to domestic terrorism.

Yosemite Fresno Airport Police Chief Drew Bessinger said investigators were joined by the FBI and Federal Aviation Administration to determine how the youth managed to get the airplane started. 

The owner of the aircraft also was not identified.

The girl’s mother told Fresno news station KFSN that she had spoken with the girl Tuesday night, while she was staying at her boyfriend’s and had not heard from her since.  

The incident took place in an area of the airport that was not near the main passenger terminal

The incident took place in an area of the airport that was not near the main passenger terminal

Yosemite Fresno Airport Police Chief Drew Bessinger said investigators were joined by the FBI and Federal Aviation Administration to determine how the youth managed to get the airplane started

Yosemite Fresno Airport Police Chief Drew Bessinger said investigators were joined by the FBI and Federal Aviation Administration to determine how the youth managed to get the airplane started

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