Posted on 12/30/2017 12:52:37 PM PST by Revel
Model and TV personality Chrissy Teigen was tweeting about it. /s
I haven't seen a name or picture of the actual stowaway person, Mr. X ? or John Doe ? One source said it was a mix up and not a security issue.
A plane headed for Tokyo was forced to return to Los Angeles International Airport Tuesday after crew members discovered several hours into the flight that a passenger was on board the wrong plane, police said.
All Nippon Airways NH175, which departed LAX shortly after 11:30 a.m., turned around about four hours into the flight after crew members became aware that one passenger had boarded the wrong flight, according to a statement from the airline.
The pilot was notified and decided to return to the airport where the flight originated, the statement read, noting the decision was in line with the airline's security procedure.
The plane returned to Los Angeles around 7:30 p.m., about eight hours after it took off. Typically, the duration of a flight from L.A. to Tokyo is 11 hours and 28 minutes.
LAX Police Department said it was alerted and units were requested to stand by at the gate.
While headed back to the airport, the airline figured out the incident was just a mix-up; nevertheless, the plane continued back to LAX, a police spokesperson told KTLA, adding it was "not a security issue.
Model Chrissy Teigen, who was on board the flight, tweeted about the experience, saying "150 people have been majorly inconvenienced."
"They keep saying the person had a United ticket. We are on ANA," Teigen said on Twitter. " So basically the boarding pass scanner is just a beedoop machine that makes beedoop noises that register to nowhere."
Teigen later tweeted that police were interviewing the passengers before they were let off the plane, which she said was in a "secure area."
The FBI later confirmed its agents were conducting the interviews, telling KTLA in an emailed statement that there had been a report of a possible stowaway.
No arrests have been made, and an investigation into the incident is ongoing, the FBI said.
ANA also said it was working to determine how the passenger was able to board the flight, according to the airline statement. The airline also apologized to all passengers aboard NH175 for the inconvenience.
The remaining passengers did finally take off for Tokyo, Tiegen tweeted at 1:47 a.m. Wednesday.
KTLA's Meghan McMonigle and Nidia Becerra contributed to this story.
From Twitter:
NEW: Just found out @FBI raid in Sterling, VA yesterday was terrorism related. Sources tell FBI Sean Duncan was interested in joining ISIS, attacking US. Phone history shows research to conduct attack. Part of court docs below! @fox5dc
Ran out the back door and they lost him. Sheesh.....
Nothing about this makes sense.
And who was the person who was on the wrong flight?
Why is this information being shielded?
Terrorism related equal demrats, Muslims, both of which are closely linked.
If it really was just some Joe Schmo pulling a Mr. Magoo, put him on the late night show circuit. He has his 15 minutes of fame. Perhaps a meet up with Chrissy Teigen and her husband John Legend. You have a few laughs.
Thanks Bonfire. Read the whole thing. Looks mighty thin if you ask me. But really, what are they to do? Wait until he does something catastrophic?
Apparently Duncan is still out there. Why weren’t there agents covering the back door if this idiot is dangerous? Oh, and where is the wife? Something isn’t adding up unless they purposely let him run and followed.
... In February 2016, a family member told the FBI that Duncan had converted to Islam, was possibly radicalized and approved of westerners being beheaded.
The court documents also say that an unnamed co-conspirator said in July that Duncan was interested in joining ISIS, attacking the United States and gave her instructions on making homemade bombs...
Of course, doing this signals to his whole network -- IF they know who he is in real life -- that they're blown. But if they don't know who he is IRL, then there may be any number of groups spooked into chatter or moving, just in case.
The agent had a little beeber-like device. Tiegen was stuned.
But an ISIS convert, not a Tea Party type.
Obama sucks.
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