By Oriana Pawlyk
The U.S. Air Force says a series of missteps at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, led to a Feb. 4 breach at the installation in which an unauthorized civilian was able to board a C-40 Clipper transport aircraft on the flight line.
The service on Thursday released a 23-page Inspector General review into the incident. It concluded that a “distracted” Security Forces airman overlooked the proper procedures to vet the man as he came on base. That was compounded when a gate malfunction allowed the man to walk onto the flight line, where other personnel also failed to stop him.
The unauthorized individual “just wanted to see airplanes,” Lt. Gen. Sami Said, the Air Force’s inspector general, said of the man’s intentions, adding that officials do not believe he planned to harm Air Force personnel.
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“Command actions have been taken against the airman [who was] at the gate,” Said told reporters during a phone call prior to the report’s release. He would not comment further on the action.
