Woman arrested after running onto tarmac and under plane at Canberra Airport

A woman has been arrested and charged after she allegedly ran onto the tarmac at an Australian airport in a move that stunned onlookers.

A woman has been charged after allegedly running onto the tarmac and under a plane at Canberra Airport.

The woman allegedly managed to make her way past airport security on Wednesday, running after a QantasLink flight that was due to depart for Adelaide.

The woman was reportedly trying to board the aircraft. She was captured on video trying to get the pilot’s attention before he switched off the engine of the aircraft for her safety.

The woman also appeared to walk under the plane while on the tarmac.

The woman was seen trying to wave down the pilot. Photo: 9 News

Shockingly, she also walked under the plane. Photo: 9 News

She was taken into custody by the Australian Federal Police at 7.30pm on Wednesday.

She was charged with two counts of damaging property, one count of entering a security zone without permission and one count of possessing a small quantity of cannabis

Simon Hales, who witnessed the incident, described it as “bizarre”.

“... a lady who had clearly missed her flight decided she could still catch it. Pushed past the staff at the door and ran down onto the tarmac and ran up to the plane,” he wrote on social media.

“Literally standing underneath it next the front wheel. Lucky the pilot was warned or spotted her and killed the engine.”

Mr Hales said “no one stopped her” from the dangerous act, something another witness also said occurred.

“People were a bit flat-footed, they didn‘t seem to know what to do, that was the weird part,” Dennis Bilic told 9News.

“(We were thinking) ‘Is anyone gonna stop her?’”

Flights at Canberra Airport were delayed for a few minutes before all operations were returned to normal after the incident.