I think the reports of the Americans on board mentioned one was an infant — not sure if that is where the 4 vs. 3 discrepancy comes up?
I honestly can’t see how a stolen passport is not ‘flagged’ in some way.
My Son-in-Law was (extremely rudely) removed from an Amtrak train at the Canadian border due to an over 7 year-old felony on his record (long story, basically he was a stupid teenager, but served his time and straightened himself out) — all they did was scan his passport with one of those little check-out gun type things. Within a couple of minutes, he was pulled out of the train, questioned and literally “dumped” back at the American side (along with my daughter, husband and I, but only after we insisted on being taken off as well).
“I think the reports of the Americans on board mentioned one was an infant — not sure if that is where the 4 vs. 3 discrepancy comes up?”
As I posted earlier:
Two Chinese-American anchor babies were on board. Two children, ages 2 and 4, listed as American. Parents of both used Chinese passports.