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From time to time travelers get on the wrong plane. And there have been attempts to bypass the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) screening process. What we haven’t seen, nor did we wish to ever see is an individual who made it through the TSA security check and onto an airplane without having their identity checked, nor having a boarding pass in their possession.
A lady managed to bypass the identity check at the TSA checkpoint, went through screening and then proceeded to the gate 75 for Delta Flight 1516 (MCO-ATL) heading to Atlanta. She then managed to then slide past the Delta gate agent during the boarding process and made her way on board the flight, sitting herself in seat 15A.
When the passenger holding the ticket for 15A arrived, the unidentified woman’s presence was discovered. When asked for a boarding pass, she had none, claiming to have discarded it. When asked for an ID, she produced her cellphone and shared a selfie.
Police were summoned and the lady was removed from the flight. TSA informed and all passengers on the flight rescreened by TSA, delaying the flight almost three hours.
“Delta apologizes to customers of flight 1516 for the delay after a person not ticketed for that flight was removed from the aircraft,” Delta said. “Security officials then directed precautionary re-screen of everyone on board. Delta is working with local law enforcement and the Transportation Security Administration on their investigation and we are conducting our own review of this as well.”
Here is the ABC News take on the whole affair:
