It sounds as if he got on last minute, with no passport, and was aided by a well dressed man who did all the talking.At the last minute you rarely get to choose the seat.Someone in the airline must have known what was going to happen and how to make it happen.
Where are the media reports on this? Oh right, at a hula fest wearing leis.
In that country the well dressed man probably had a lot of juice (if it occurred) and the people at the counter and boarding area gave him what he wanted in exchange for either not getting killed or family killed or for $$$$$$. Nothing unusual about that in countries like Nigeria & Sudan. He was already through customs so it probably wasn’t checked in the Netherlands when he boarded that plane. My understanding it that when you change planes in a foreign country you never go through customs in that country so probably never show your passport. You’re inside a secure area.
“It sounds as if he got on last minute, with no passport......”
Yeah, but who’s to say when or by whom the ticket was purchased??
Schipol should have a videocam footage of this. I’m sure we’ll hear more...maybe not in the U.S. press, though.