Delta apologizes — again — after another stowaway boards a flight without ticket
Delta Air Lines is investigating how an unticketed passenger boarded a flight from Seattle to Honolulu on Christmas Eve — it's the airline's second stowaway incident in less than a month.
The passenger, whose identity has not been released, was discovered as Delta Air Lines flight 487 taxied from the gate. They had bypassed both a TSA security checkpoint and the boarding gate ticket check.
"As there are no matters more important than safety and security, Delta people followed procedures to have an unticketed passenger removed from the flight and then apprehended," a Delta Air Lines spokesperson told NPR.
Port of Seattle Police reported that the individual passed through a TSA checkpoint on Dec. 23 without a boarding pass but was "properly screened."
After being discovered on the plane the next day, the aircraft returned to the terminal. The individual fled, hiding in a restroom before being arrested for trespassing. They are being held at South Correctional Entity Jail in Washington state.
