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Driver breaches LAX airfield, briefly closing runways

A plane lands at LAX
About 6 p.m. Thursday, a man drove through a fence at a FedEx cargo facility at Los Angeles International Airport and continued onto the airfield, authorities said.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)
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Runways at the Los Angeles International Airport were suddenly closed Thursday evening after a driver broke through a fence and drove onto the airfield.

About 6 p.m., a man drove through a fence at a FedEx cargo facility and continued onto the airfield, according to a statement from the airport’s police.

“The driver was detained by airport police and an investigation is ongoing,” it said. “There are no injuries.”

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The pursuit briefly closed the southern runways, the airport wrote on Twitter shortly before 7 p.m. It said one has since reopened and the other will reopen shortly.

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