Pilot accused of destroying parking barrier at Denver airport with an ax says he hit breaking point

DENVER — A United Airways pilot has been charged with prison mischief for allegedly utilizing an ax to destroy a barrier gate at an worker parking zone at Denver’s airport, telling authorities he was attempting to assist a number of drivers exit and “he simply hit his breaking level.”

Kenneth Henderson Jones, 63, is accused of repeatedly hanging the metallic parking arm with a long-handled ax Aug. 2, knocking it off of its base after which fleeing on foot when loads attendant confronted him. The worker informed investigators he was capable of seize the weapon from Jones throughout a scuffle close to a safety fence. The pilot then bumped into a close-by discipline, the place he was taken into custody by Denver police.

In accordance with a report by the Adams County Sheriff’s Workplace, Jones informed a deputy that about six automobiles have been behind every of the parking zone’s three exit gates, so he retrieved the ax from his parked automobile to assist the drivers depart.

“Kenneth began by saying he simply hit his breaking level,” the report said.

Jones, who was launched shortly after the scuffle, didn’t instantly reply to a cellphone message left by The Related Press on Friday night. A press release issued by the airline Friday mentioned Henderson “was faraway from the schedule and is on depart whereas United conducts an inside investigation.”

The supervisor of the lot mentioned it might value about $300 to repair the broken parking arm, in line with the sheriff’s workplace report.