A 27-year-old man is due in court tomorrow charged with aircraft endangerment after a major security alert was sparked at the UK's biggest airport.
Ketheeswaran Uthayakumar, of no fixed abode, is due to appear in custody at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court, west London, charged with aircraft endangerment.
He was arrested by armed police near the northern runway of Heathrow Airport in west London yesterday.
The incident caused flight delays and some cancellations. The northern runway was partially closed but later reopened.
The security breach came the day before the Queen opened the new £4.3 billion Terminal 5 building - and was the second serious security breach at the airport within 18 days.
The airport is understood to have been testing security ahead of the unveiling of the state-of-the-art Terminal 5, a major landmark in the airport's expansion.
Greenpeace protesters walked on to the runway late last month and climbed on to a Boeing 777, unfurling a banner in protest against the airport's expansion.
Two days later members of the Plane Stupid group breached security at Westminster, climbing on to the roof and unfurling banners. Both groups denied involvement in this incident.
PA