Another unticketed passenger attempts to stow away on a Delta flight this holiday season
In the thick of holiday travel, another unticketed passenger attempted to stow away on a Delta Air Lines flight
In the thick of holiday travel, another unticketed passenger attempted to stow away on a Delta Air Lines flight.
The stowaway, who has not been identified by name, boarded a flight from Seattle to Honolulu on Christmas Eve. Atlanta-based Delta said that the unticketed passenger was discovered while the plane was taxing for departure.
Per protocol, the aircraft returned to the gate to remove the unticketed passenger — and law enforcement later apprehended them, the airline added. According to the Port of Seattle, which operates Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, all other passengers were also deplaned and returned to a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint for rescreening “out an abundance of caution.”
Delta flight 487 later left the Seattle airport and continued on to Honolulu — but the trip was delayed by 2 hours and 15 minutes as a result, according to Delta.
“As there are no matters more important than safety and security, Delta people followed procedures to have an unticketed passenger removed from the flight and then apprehended," an airline spokesperson said in a statement sent to The Associated Press Friday, while thanking customers for their paitence and cooperation.
According to an incident description from the Port of Seattle, the stowaway went through a TSA security checkpoint the evening before the flight, “without a boarding pass but was properly screened.” The individual also gained access to the Tuesday flight's loading bridge without a scanned ticket at the gate, the port said.
The Port of Seattle Police were dispatched shortly after 1 p.m. Tuesday, after a report of «a
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