Heathrow Alert As Man 'Locks Himself In Plane'

A man has been charged after he allegedly broke through a security cordon at Heathrow Airport, climbed aboard an empty British Airways plane and locked himself in the cockpit. Louis Pedro Verdasca dos Santos Costa was remanded in custody after being charged with three offences, including unlawfully being on an aircraft. The 38-year-old is accused of breaching security on the Heathrow perimeter before gaining access to the BA engineering base at Hatton Cross on Saturday.