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Brazen intruder strolls onto jet at LAX

Incident occurred when airport was on high alertMSNBC
Updated: 10:44 a.m. ET Feb. 06, 2004A brazen interloper apparently seeking a free flight strolled unnoticed past two security checkpoints and walked onto a jumbo jet without a ticket last month at Los Angeles International Airport, which at the time was at a heightened state of alert for terrorist attack, it was reported Friday.

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Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, said there was no indication that Kareem Thomas, a 19-year-old resident of Decatur, Ga., on probation for burglary, was a terrorist or posed a threat to the Delta flight’s passengers and crew.

Thomas, wearing a sweatshirt, sunglasses and gloves, passed through the airport’s metal detectors on Jan. 15 before taking his unauthorized stroll and boarding Delta Flight 1972 to Atlanta. In allowing the man to reach the aircraft, Delta Airlines failed to ask Thomas for his ticket or identification at two security checkpoints, it said.

Thomas was discovered hiding in a restroom aboard the aircraft by passengers and arrested by police before the plane took off, the newspaper said. He was subsequently charged with suspicion of burglary for boarding an aircraft without a ticket, but that charge was later dropped and he was instead referred to court for violating the terms of his parole, it said. He faces up to three years in state prison.

But passenger John Hall of Santa Monica told the Times that the aircraft was not searched before takeoff.

"What shocked everyone on board was, we flew off without a thorough search of the plane," Hall said. "They just checked the toilet."