In the middle of a holiday trip, Another passenger without a ticket tried to stow away in delta airlines flight.
The stowaway, whose name has not been released, boarded a flight from Seattle to Honolulu on the 19th. Christmas Eve. Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines announced that the unticketed passenger was discovered as the plane was en route to departure.
As per protocol, the aircraft returned to the gate to remove passengers without tickets, after which law enforcement arrested them, the airline added. The Port of Seattle, which operates Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, said all other passengers were also removed from the plane and returned to the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint for re-inspection “out of an abundance of caution.”
Delta Flight 487 then departed from Seattle Airport and headed to Honolulu, resulting in a two-hour and 15-minute flight delay, Delta announced.
“Because nothing is more important than safety and security, Delta employees have taken steps to remove unticketed passengers from the plane and then arrest them,” an airline spokesperson told The Associated Press on Friday. In a statement sent to them, they expressed their gratitude for the customer’s response. patience and cooperation.
The night before the flight, the stowaway “passed through a TSA security checkpoint without a boarding pass, but was properly screened,” according to the Port of Seattle’s incident description. The port authority said the person also had access to the loading bridge for Tuesday’s flight without having to scan a ticket at the gate.
Port of Seattle police were dispatched just after 1 p.m. Tuesday after receiving a report of a “suspicious situation,” the port said. Airport media manager Perry Cooper told The Associated Press that the person had jumped out of the plane by the time police arrived, but with the help of video surveillance, authorities were able to locate the person in a terminal bathroom. He was able to discover. The passenger, who did not have a ticket, was later arrested on suspicion of trespassing.
A TSA spokesperson confirmed in a statement that the person underwent standard screening and did not have any prohibited items. The agency said it “takes seriously all incidents that occur at checkpoints across the country” and will continue to conduct independent investigations.
Tuesday’s incident occurred less than a month later. Another stowaway boarded Delta Air Lines Last month, during Thanksgiving week. The authorities said: Svetlana DaliA Russian woman who is a permanent resident of the United States managed to escape security at John F. Kennedy International Airport and fly to Paris as a stowaway on a November 26 Delta flight. She was arrested when the plane landed and then returned to the US
