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DoorDash Delivery Driver’s Mistake Triggers Airport Security Alert

A 36-year-old drove for miles around restricted roads at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport without being spotted.

Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport was hit by another security scare when an air traffic controller spotted a DoorDash delivery driver driving around restricted zones. The driver said it was an innocent mistake, and police opted against filing charges, but the fact that he drove for miles around interior and restricted roads without being spotted on Saturday raises security concerns. “This could have been really, really bad,” former air traffic controller Robert Mark told CBS News. Police said the 36-year-old “accidentally drove into an unauthorized secured area within O’Hare Airport.” “Imagine if this had been at night in the darkness, I mean, where no one noticed this person,” Mark, now working as a business jet pilot, added. A DoorDash spokesperson told the Daily Beast: “We’re actively looking into what happened at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, which looks to simply be a case of a driver getting lost. We’re reaching out to police to assist in any way we can.” The incident is the latest in a series of high-profile alerts to hit Chicago airports over the past six months. In late February, a Southwest Airlines pilot had to abort a landing at Midway International Airport after a business jet began to taxi across the runway.