Passenger sneaks onto Delta flight to Hawaii without ticket
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An unticketed airline passenger in Seattle managed to bypass security and airline officials before boarding a flight bound for Honolulu earlier this week — only to be apprehended as the aircraft taxied out, according to Delta Air Lines and the Transportation and Security Administration (TSA).
The fare-dodger, who has not been identified, got on Delta Air Lines Flight 487 at Seattle/Tacoma International Airport, which was headed to Hawaii's capital just before Christmas on Tuesday.
But before the Airbus A321neo could take off, the freeloader was spotted and removed from the aircraft. The incident caused the flight to depart about two hours and 15 minutes behind schedule.
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A Delta Air Lines Airbus A321-211, similar to the aircraft in Tuesday's incident, prepares to depart from San Diego International Airport for Salt Lake City on Nov. 18. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images / Getty Images)
«TSA can confirm an individual did go through standard screening and did not possess any prohibited items,» a TSA statement provided to FOX Business reads. «The individual bypassed the identity verification and boarding status stations and boarded an aircraft at Seattle/Tacoma International (SEA) without a boarding pass.»
It is unclear how the unticketed passenger was able to evade the checkpoints and get onto the aircraft.
«TSA takes any incidents that occur at any of our checkpoints nationwide seriously. TSA will independently review the circumstances of this incident at our travel document checker station at Seattle/Tacoma International,» the TSA statement continues.
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