A passenger was apprehended at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for boarding a Delta Air Lines flight to Honolulu without a valid ticket. The incident occurred on Christmas Eve, prompting the pilots to return to the gate for the passenger's removal.
A traveler at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport was arrested for trespassing on Christmas Eve after authorities said the woman boarded a Delta Air Lines flight to Honolulu without a ticket. The airline said the unidentified passenger was discovered on Delta Flight 487 as the plane taxied out, prompting the pilots to return to the gate so the woman could be removed.
The airline said in a statement that an investigation is ongoing, but preliminary information is that the traveler was able to get on the flight without showing a boarding pass. The Transportation Security Administration said in a statement that the passenger avoided identity verification and boarding status stations. But the person went through standard screening and was not found with any prohibited items, the TSA said. “TSA takes any incidents that occur at any of our checkpoints nationwide seriously,” the statement said. “TSA will independently review the circumstances of this incident at our travel document checker station at Seattle/Tacoma International.” The breach happened less than a month after a stowaway flew to Paris from New York City on a Delta flight. That passenger, a 57-year-old Russian national named Svetlana Dali, also got on a plane without a boarding pass and bypassed identity verification and boarding status stations. Dali was removed by authorities in France and flown back to New York. Dali was released while awaiting trial but arrested again this month in Buffalo. According to court documents, she has a bail violation hearing set for Monday. In the most recent incident, the female passenger went through a security checkpoint the night of Dec. 23 before boarding the Christmas Eve fligh
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