‘Not much went right’: How a stowaway avoided identity and boarding pass checks on a flight from New York to Paris

CNN ^ | 04 Dec 2024 | Sanchez, Pete Muntean and Alexandra Skores

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At the largest terminal at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on one of the busiest travel days of the year, security lapses enabled an unticketed passenger to board a plane to Paris in a shocking breach that one aviation expert said should serve as a “wake-up call” for the airline industry....

A TSA spokesperson told CNN the woman first bypassed an airport terminal employee in charge of the security lane reserved for airline flight crews at JFK’s Terminal 4 main checkpoint.

It was at that point the woman skipped the station where her ID and boarding pass would have been checked, the spokesperson said. She then joined the line for standard TSA screening...

A source familiar with the incident said the stowaway was able to evade detection by the flight crew on the plane because the flight was not full, though passengers told CNN the woman was able to hide by moving between bathrooms...

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she was initially scheduled to be returned to NY authorities on Tuesday but upon boarding the flight, she began screaming. She was reboarded Wednesday.

[HIDEK6]

Delta Air Lines said Wednesday night that it was “thoroughly addressing” what it described as a “deviation from standard procedures … “

What do you expect them to say?

These are the same people who made up the word, “de-plane.”

[BlackbirdSST]

She then joined the line for standard TSA screening...

Plot line to a sick joke.

[FreedomPoster]

So she is a Russian national?

They should have forwarded her to Moscow from Paris, and not brought her back here.

[maddog55]

TSA..a massive waste of tax payer money and another totally useless government agency.

[Alberta's Child]

Delta tried to take that approach and leave her in France.

Apparently international aviation law says differently. If you are an airline and you transport a stowaway, it’s your responsibility to take her back to the originating point of the flight.

[HYPOCRACY]

The TSA should not only be disbanded they should all be arrested. Biggest scumbags on earth.

[The Louiswu]

What??? France doesn’t want someone who crossed their borders illegally? How mean.

[Carl Vehse]

TSA has gone DEI.

[FreedomPoster]

Interesting. Great, so now it’s an ICE issue. No help there for several weeks.

[BlueLancer]

These are the same people who made up the word, “de-plane.”

No, they weren't ...

DE PLANE ... DE PLANE ...

[Ex-Con777]

Ahhhhh. The old Ada Quonsett routine.

EC

[rottweiller_inc]

She just was able to identify and take advantage of, the innate laziness of government workers.

[mairdie]

Applauding madly.

[Larry Lucido]

Ada Quonset?

("Airport" reference)

[cgbg]

TSA is just concentration camp beta testing.

I have not been near an airport since I retired—do not miss it one bit.

[Larry Lucido]

:-)

[Larry Lucido]

:-)