Airline pilot takes ax to airport parking barrier
United Airlines pilot Kenneth Henderson Jones was charged with criminal mischief and taken off the flight rotation after destroying a parking barrier at Denver International Airport. (Denver International Airport)
A pilot is facing criminal charges after being caught on video chopping an airport parking barrier with an ax.
Kenneth Henderson Jones, a 63-year-old pilot with United Airlines, was charged with misdemeanor criminal mischief after being caught on video this month taking an ax to a parking lot gate at Denver International Airport, causing an estimated $700 in damage.
Video of the incident obtained from Denver International Airport shows Jones using an ax to chop a parking lot gate before eventually knocking the gate off its base. Jones is soon confronted by multiple airport employees who saw the incident, and they eventually wrestle the ax from the seemingly irate pilot.
A United Airlines pilot takes an ax to a Denver airport parking barrier. (Denver International Airport)
According to a police report, Jones told officers he was driving to leave the airport and was stuck in a line of six cars behind the gate. Police said they spoke to an airport employee who told them that parking issues at the lot are common, with many people entering the lots not having the proper permits. Jones told an officer he had an ax in his car and grabbed it in an attempt to "get rid of issues for everyone waiting."
Video shows Jones being arrested in a nearby field shortly after being confronted by the airport employees.
Jones is confronted by multiple airport employees who witnessed the incident. (Denver International Airport)
Denver International Airport administrators described their employees' confrontation with Jones as a "physical struggle" with no injuries, according to a report from CBS News, while a United Airlines spokesperson told Fox News Digital that Jones was "removed from the schedule and is on leave while United conducts an internal investigation."
Video shows pilot Kenneth Henderson Jones being arrested in a nearby field. A United Airlines spokesperson told Fox News Digital that he was "removed from the [flight] schedule and is on leave while United conducts an internal investigation." (Denver International Airport)
Jones was rated to fly large jets such as the 767 and 757, according to the report.
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Denver International Airport did not immediately respond to a Fox News request for comment.
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