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A female passenger reportedly accessed an American Airlines flight headed to Los Angeles LAX from Nashville Airport without a boarding pass or identification by jumping over a barrier to avoid airport security protocols.
A woman who has not been identified managed to sneak through an unattended area of a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint and boarded a five-hour flight on February 7th.
Passengers must present a valid identification or passport and their boarding pass in order to pass through airport security. It is standard protocol for airlines to verify boarding passes at the departure gate.
During the flight to the western coast of the USA, American Airlines identified a security breach. As a result, a woman was arrested and is currently being questioned while an investigation is underway.
The Post was informed by a representative from the airline that on February 7, law enforcement met American Airlines flight AA1393 at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Ensuring safety and security is our main focus, and we are assisting law enforcement with their inquiry.
Before boarding the plane, the woman and her personal items underwent the typical security screening process.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced that they are investigating the situation, but have confirmed that the individual in question and their carry-on items were screened without issue at the Nashville International Airport security checkpoint on February 7th before boarding their flight. TSA and their airline partners are working with law enforcement on the ongoing investigation.
This is not the initial occurrence of a stowaway successfully evading airport security protocols.
A man from Britain disappeared when he traveled to New York’s JFK Airport on Christmas Eve without a ticket or passport.
Craig Sturt has been accused of evading security checks at Heathrow Airport. He was arrested and charged with violating the Aviation Security Act before being reported as missing on January 25th.
In January, a man from Russia was convicted of stowing away on an airplane without a passport or ticket while traveling from Denmark to the west coast of the United States in November.
Sergey Vladimirovich Ochigava, who unlawfully boarded Scandinavian Airlines flight 931 on November 6th without a valid boarding pass, may now receive a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison.
Source: independent.co.uk
