A US Airways flight at LaGuardia bound for Charlotte, North Carolina was aborted minutes before takeoff yesterday after the pilot noticed an unauthorized man wandering around by the runway, mere feet from the plane. A police official tells the Post the man, Andre Reid, was walking by the Airbus 321 "like he was taking a stroll in his backyard." Upon spotting Reid, the pilot reportedly became "spooked" and decided to "dump" the flight, meaning all the passengers and all the luggage had to be transferred to a different plane. Just another day at our "third world airport."

Reid, a 21-year-old Mount Vernon man, was taken into custody. He initially told police he gave his ticket for a flight to West Palm Beach to a friend, but that story "crumbled" and we're not sure how that would have helped his situation anyway. Police have confirmed that Reid was booked on a flight to West Palm Beach with his step-father, with whom he resides. He's charged with trespassing. Investigators are now trying to figure out how he got onto the tarmac in the first place, but you can pretty much waltz right past security by pretending to give somebody a goodbye kiss.