( CNN ) -- A 27-year-old man with a history of mental illness was detained after he jumped a fence at Tampa International Airport Monday evening and ran onto an active runway . The man , who was not hurt , was given a trespass warning and taken to a hospital for a mental evaluation , airport spokeswoman Janet Zink told CNN . The man was apprehended within three minutes after he crossed the fence , Zink said . Zink said the man jumped a fence shortly after 5 p.m. and ran toward Runway 1 Right . He was observed by an employee of an airplane maintenance company , who called 911 , she said . Air traffic controllers , pilots and airport police were recorded talking about the event on LiveATC.net tapes . `` How about the guy over here walking on the runway , '' one pilot said . `` I have no knowledge of that , but I think I see something now , '' the controller responds , before instructing a Southwest flight taxiing to the runway to stop . `` He 's got his arms up ... he 's walking northbound on the runway . '' A police officer then asks for clearance to enter the runway to apprehend the man . `` That 's something you do n't see every day , tower , '' another pilot radioed . `` No you do n't , '' the controller responded . The incident briefly delayed a Southwest flight from Tampa to Houston , and a United flight from Tampa to Chicago . CNN Producer Brian Rokus contributed to this report .
NEW : The family is taken to a hospital for a mental evaluation . A man jumped an airport fence and ran toward one of the planes . He was observed by a woman , who called 911 . Two flights from the Tampa airport were delayed briefly .