Texas man used photo of another passenger's boarding pass to get on flight, officials say
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- Newly obtained airport security video shows a suspected airplane stowaway taking a photo of another passenger's boarding pass in Salt Lake City, which authorities say he used to board a Southwest flight last weekend. Kris Van Cleave has details.
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How can the scanner at the gate allow 2 of the same boarding passes get by? Whoever went second, the system should have denied boarding.
maybe it denied boarding but since the person it denied had a paper ticket the agent let them through?
That’s what I was wondering. Why didn’t the gate agent realize somebody had already boarded with this pass?
Probably happens often enough (with over booking or changes to booking that doesn't refresh in real time) that the gate agent just thinks I'm sure it will be ok. We can always figure it out on the plane if we have to but I'm under pressure by my bosses to get these people on board asap.
@@linx7130 Yeah, if the second passenger had a printed boarding pass and valid ID they'd likely be let through. Until after this incident where they will probably hold up the flight from now on until they sort it out? 🤷♂
TSA probably never thought of that.
He was a able to take a picture of someones boarding pass to get on? How did they not realize the same person boarded twice?
Different airlines.
Different gates
Different personnel checking him in.
@@hueyfreeman7810It’s not like in the old days where you just show a piece of paper and you are in. At US gates you must scan the QR code, and that’s how they know the count and the passengers who have boarded.
Delta's computer software apparently doesn't check if a boarding code that they scan to let people on is used or not.
@@hueyfreeman7810 It wasn't a different airline. He took a picture of a boarding pass on the same delta flight. When the second person the actual owner of that boarding pass scanned it I'm assuming it showed up as red and the Delta employee checked the person's name and id and it was correct so they brushed it off as a technology error and let the passenger board. But there isn't really any information on exactly what happened when the second person scanned the pass. This dude was extremely clever but also really stupid.
You never want to mess with anything in the airport. That is one place you want to follow the rules all the time because you might be banned from flying if you do anything crazy.
@@sak_5 I know dude. I live in VA. He probably took multiple pictures to get the best one with the barcode.
He has done this before. He looked like an expert.
What do you know of experts?
The idea to do what he did, doesn't just pop in your head while you're in the airport and don't wanna wait.. you plan this out. That's what she means basically.
@@Look_What_You_DidThat expert criminals look like that 🤷🏻♂️
I agree... He knew EXACTLY what to do, as if he's done it before...
@@Look_What_You_DidI know what they look like!
I got a feeling he’s done this before, if the plane wasn’t full he would of not been caught
@hughjaanus6680thank you grammar police 😂
That’s the same exact same thing I said, if the plane was full, he would not have ever gotten caught, and it also poses the question:
how many people have already gotten away with this?
my hope is that they will give him a misdemeanor because he exposed such a flaw in the system. They shouldn’t hate the player, they should hate the game and fix the gaps in the system.
@@beepbeep1281 😂😂
@@beepbeep1281they got you 😂😂😂
Can’t always get away
He can afford to go on a snowboarding vacation but can’t pay his own way home.
People are weird with how they choose to be stingy.
@@EricLing64so stingy.
QuangNguyen-ng5zh he had a standby ticket to go home. That flight was full so he tried to finesse the airport by hopping on a different flight. But he still had his own ticket.
@@doctordl7757a standby ticket is not the same as a prepaid ticket. Standby tickets are deeply discounted. He was being frugal when he shouldn't have been. Only fly standby if your plans are flexible. Now, totally different story if he did originally have a prepaid ticket but due to last minute plans he needed to boarded at a different day or time but all the airline could do was put him on the standby list due to being fully booked.
He had a ticket to fly standby on Southwest thanks to a buddy, but once he saw the Southwest flight was full that was when he tried to hitch a ride on the Delta flight
He was just too impatient to wait for another Southwest flight with an empty seat for him
I bet this is not the first time he did this.
Ban him from flying...
What if he sneaks on using another person's pass?
Ban him from using gadgets with cameras is a better 😄
Ban him from the airport and from flying for 20 years.
Deport
💯
What a nitwit. And for what....to save a few hours and $300 for a viable ticket.
It was a close call that the flight was full. He would have gotten away with it if it had been one of those flights where a few seats were empty. The biggest problem with such idiots is that they don’t just inconvenience the passengers on their particular flight, but millions of subsequent passengers as well if their actions force additional security measures. Just like those terrorists with shoe and liquid bombs affecting millions of passengers who now have to take their shoes off and are restricted with what liquids they can bring.
Hey, Americans gave up their rights to privacy and convenience willingly when they started carrying around a "smart" phone. You have a microphone and a camera everywhere you go to spy on yourself every minute of the day.
Are you serious? Boeings doors are flying off come on he is the Least of society problems
@@David-wv3nc Well, ONE door flew off. Tell us about "all" of the other ones.
@tedunguent156 all jokes aside there’s war, Corruption so many problems but this guy sneaking on a plane isn’t one of them lol. compared to the mass shooting we’ve been having this crime looks no worse than littering
@@David-wv3nc Keep rambling incoherently. That's a "good look" for you.
5 years in jail because he chose to fly on standby and didn’t want to wait. The jokes write themselves.
He’s black of course he gets the max
@@YTMANHEREHe hasn’t been sentenced or even convicted yet. The crime carry’s a maximum sentence of 5 years. People committing violent crimes aren’t getting maximum sentences so I’m sure he won’t either.
Stop race baiting.
@@kevint1911 It does open the door for questions, if this isn't a isolated event in the airline industry or not (in the era of smart phones)? When you look at him, he looks clean up, organized and doesn't stand out. he's probably White Collar or at least college educated and was doing this for the *thrills* (as well as on the cheap); either way, a very dangerous game that Hopely gets him close to the max...
He won't even go to court they will drop the charges and he will be home for dinner
He was on standby on Southwest, not on Delta
I'm so sick of these people! Give him all of the 5 years and another 5 years for being stupid enough to lie.
Who are “those people” you’re sick of 🤔
@@cgpcgp3239ANYONE WHO ABUSES OR BREAKS THE RULES IN PLACE IN A SYSTEM.
I’m sick of these people too.
@@redstone5149but not enough to do something about it!
Yes, sick of them too.
Scamming is a way of life for some people.
Just like that AG in Atlanta.
lawsuits included
Sub-Saharan culture at its best bro
He's Nigerian
Trump is the biggest scammer
He DID NOT make a mistake , he made a choice to be a criminal
He could be charged "Up to 5 years..." What a joke! NO! Ban him from ever flying again!
If anything the biggest issue should have been the Delta computer not flagging a boarding pass as being "used"
Well...I'm thinking the system DID ALERT, but the human ramp agents checked the ID of the "real" boarding pass holder, and let him board anyway, without further investigation. Then, the human ramp agents did not resolve the discrepancy, and let the aircraft leave the gate (Big Mistake).
Exactly, confirmation bias at play. Computer would have alerted the humans but woman with actual bp would have presented ID and agent clears the error on computer and allowed her in despite warning that BP was scanned already.
Since seat not taken as he was hiding the in lavatory there is no conflict. Head count that FA does is just max seats on plane.
Dude was just super dumb.
It was Delta ?
Enjoy your felony charge
No sane person would be stupid enough to try this.
Yeah, criminals arent known for their intelligence..😂😂
He has probably succeeded before!
It works. If the plane was not full, this would never have been caught .
“I made a mistake” “yea, you did”
New fear unlocked, never take my boarding pass out until it’s my turn to board
What an absolute scumbag. Such gross behavior, shaking the hands of the people he scammed with an arrogant smile. it’s infuriating 🤬
It's the 14/90 club upholding the stereotype.
Glad this exposes a glitch in the system, without any major catastrophe
And... what does it matter?
@@Look_What_You_Did What if he had plastic knives? What if he had a plastic gun? What if he was willing to cause an incident for no real reason than to divert eyeballs from the real crime being committed *elsewhere*? That's the kind of thing that makes some people take sleeping pills, in order to be able to sleep...
This wasn’t really a security issue.
Exactly what kind of catastrophe could have resulted?
But it didn't... He only got caught because he was in the bathroom and there were no seats left. If he had waited until the plane actually was in the air....
how are we living in 2024 and security footage is still so blurry lmao
Aliens..
Not all cameras were installed this year?
Ban him from flying for life!!!!!
ID needed at security gate. No id needed when you board plane. Just a ticket.
In the UK, you need to show your photo ID at the gate as well. Even for internal flights.
5 years in prison! What a dumb way to ruin your life
not first time for this dude, just got caught as the flight was full..., open the doors of the bath rooms before take off.
Dude I don’t want the door open when I’m taking a dump
Should be charged with stalking also. Walking around trying to find vulnerable people.
Geez! That’s not what stalking is.
Isn't the cabin crew supposed to verify no one is in the bathrooms prior to departure????
Um no. Wth. Lmao.
They are too busy turning your bags around in the overhead bins to get them closed. 🤷🏻♀️
That's how they caught him, he was hiding in the bathroom when departing the gate during cross checks.
thats literally how they caught him lol
@@urbanracer032 No, they caught him because every seat was sold out. Otherwise, the fact that he was hiding in the bathroom wasn't in and of itself what got him caught.
That devious guy deserves jail time for what he did.
I was a ticket/gate agent. The system DOES show that the boarding pass has been scanned and the assigned seat would have changed to green on the screen meaning the person was good to board. If scanned a second time a red notice would show already boarded, do not board. That should have then prompted the boarding agent and second agent to take note and investigate it after final boarding. Before they close the aircraft door all passengers are to be seated and overhead bins closed. Lavoratories are to be confirmed empty and manually locked from the outside by flight attendants, before safety demos and pushback/tow. If those duties were performed the situation would’ve been realized before they left the gate. The ball was dropped twice in this situation.
Maybe rushing to leave the gate?How would they have found the scammer that border first? Just rescan everyone’s on the plane? Check against some manifest?
I fly often and don't think I've ever seen flight attendants check bathrooms before takeoff...
I don't think he exposed any true "loopholes" People are just not doing their job correctly. When scanned a 2nd time, there is no way it didn't show some type of alert. The agent just didn't investigate. Also, flight attendants should make sure bathrooms are empty before take off. He was able to do this b/c of people being complacent & not understanding the severity of doing their job correctly. You would think after people flying planes into buildings airport workers would never let their guard down. It only takes a few seconds to check a bathroom. As for him, clearly this is not his first time & he should never be allowed to fly again. I know some will say, "people make dumb mistakes in their 20s". However, there still must be consequences.
Usual perp he’s done it before, throw him in jail
Another brilliant mind at work.
The usual suspect...
In my country they check your ID with the boarding pass before you can even get to the plane
@borrachoporrero9929 Not for the terminal. A lot of countries check ID when actually boarding at the gate.
He had a standby pass.
I feel like the last time I flew here in the states they did just that at the gate.
Yeah they checked ID and boarding pass before letting me board last time
Why would you do something so stupid?
Federal crime to steal someone’s identity and steal their ticket right ?
The person to the right of him saw him take the picture and said nothing.
he just wanted a free trip
Should be going to prison for a few years.
Keep him in jail for the entire 5 years
"Up to 5 years," is what the potential penalty is. While there's that tired old phrase, "Ignorance of the law is no excuse," it sounds to me like he meant no criminal harm and had no idea he was breaking a law. Reduction of all charges to misdemeanors and sentenced to probation sounds like a fairer sentence to me. Oh, and one more thing. There has been a recent trend toward lifetime bans of passengers from airlines. I sure hope Delta hasn't done this to him. Ditto for other airlines.
If he wasn’t doing anything wrong he would not have hid himself in the bathroom. He would have showed his pass, took a seat 💺 where he was supposed to and this would it not have happened. His is a grown man.
@@rslitman You said he meant no criminal harm. The plane had to go back to the terminal because of him and possibly a lot of people got late to their next destination. Some of those people might’ve missed their connection. Some of those people might have important things to attend, funerals, weddings, or their job, or who knows.
Plus, he was walking around, trying to steal peoples barcode. He did commit a crime.
@@enjoystraveling You've got a point there. I've had my own share of flight delays and in fact almost missed a family dinner due to a long weather-related delay about two years ago.
@@rslitman I can relate to that. There are lightning storm delays sometimes
I committed a crime trying to get home. A crime is not a “mistake”.
Crazy smh. The system really didn't work if he was able to get on the plane. He only got caught bcuz it was a completely full flight.
Good point! It might of worked if there was an available seat 💺
No
This is why I’m very uncomfortable buying concert tickets online
vs?
@@justayoutuber1906 he's talking about the *Process*. The difference between the airline deal was the minor flying as an unaccompanied passenger. The gate agent assumed Glitch as opposed to deceit & trickery, because she/he was already in a hurry; in a scenario involving tickets to a venue (concert, movie or musical event), the ticket vendor, at said event, isn't gonna care if YOU are the proper purchaser ("sorry, this ticket is already scanned and invalid. Take it up with corporate") so there is good reason to be worried...
He should be given an award for exposing a loophole.😅 if not for the full plane, he wouldve not been caught.
He got his award and reward, free housing…
behind bars
@@frankc3891 Nope.
How did he think he was gonna get away with this? Almost makes me wonder if he’s done it before?
Nah that wasnt a mistake. Dude planned that. Probably did it before and got away with it. How would anyone even know to do something like that unless they were scammers?
There are people who must announce everything they do on social media, for eg. Posting their boarding pass, so I hope there's a lesson learned. The man deserves 5 years prison for stealing identity and posting airport security risk.
I worked @airport during the Nov/ Dec holidays season, everyday, TSA still screened my lunchbox even though I'm was wearing uniform and The recognized all the employees
Wow he ruined his life just like that
Imagine is was a terrorist and possibly could of killed hundred on people. I don't think authorities are taking this as serious as they should. Just what if......
I think the authorities realized when they heard his story that he was not a terrorist. My hope is that his charges will be reduced to misdemeanors, he will get probation instead of prison, and the airlines will have the decency to not ban him for life.
Relax. The guy was just a garden-variety criminal, not a terrorist. He had a Delta "buddy pass." One of his relatives works for Delta, and gave him a "pass" that allows for a "standby priority" seat on Delta. Obviously, the flight was full, which means the "standby" passengers (or, at least, this guy) were not going make the flight. That should have been a Big Clue to the guy that the flight was FULL. The guy had either a "Real ID" drivers license, or a passport, plus this "buddy pass" which legitimately allows him through TSA security.
Guy had a standby boarding pass or another airline and ID. He passed tsa screening security. If he was a terrorist and passed tsa it wouldn’t have mattered what flight he was on. Airlines check boarding pass to make sure you have a ticket for that flight.
He already got past security, so it wouldn’t matter which fight he got on.
Really? A Ski Trip will cause him some Federal Prison Time.
That is what you get with scanning everything on an electronic device. IF everyone was using a paper boarding pass along with ID he would not have been successful to start with.
lol its even easier to get on with a paper pass. People throw them out all the time. Grab a pass and change someone else flight so you can get home.
YEP! The whole app thing needs to end.
I can generate a paper boarding pass in a few minutes.
Oh, there are certainly portable printers that you can fit into carry-on luggage. The ramp agents should have resolved the system alert (the "2nd boarding pass" thing) before the aircraft pushed back from the gate. Maybe they were in a hurry, or maybe the system glitches fairly frequently?
Would just like to point out: he took photos of *paper* boarding passes
You have a point, but at least if everyone was digital then someone would most likely need to consent and take a screenshot or something for it to be usable
That’s was not even worth 5 years of your life that’s just so crazy people don’t think k before they do sometimes not all people just some 😢
What a fool. How embarrassing to his family. Was it worth it.
You're joking right? They applaud his efforts.😊
@@paulaheckman9928 stop talking crap, you do not know his family. Go sit down somewhere. Your comment is raci-st.
Regardless, you don't need a ticket to pass through security. You can request a gate pass. Whenever my mom travels, I take and pick her up inside gated area with a gate pass.
This is why certain people get followed around the store by employees.
He wasn't sorry,he was only sorry he was caught.
Astonishing !!!!
Never ceases to amaze me how oblivious people are.
"Texas man..." is almost as bad as "Florida man..."
Yeah, but not nearly as bad as “NY man” or “California man”
Or as awful as the T S A
“Made a mistake trying to get home”? But hey, he had to get his snowboard trip done-what else could he do? 😵💫
Paid Passengers- $300,000
Unpaid pasengers -1
I DONT THINK DELTA WILL GO BANKRUPT, FROM this😂😂😂😂
Hmmm... something about this guy seems very familiar.
Hm, what might that be?
so thick, lock him up
The usual suspect just know how to do the worst thing. Shame 😂😂😂😂.
It's time to reassess the true cost of welfare on society.
Talk about dastardly! What a rapscallion! Heck, he might even be a ne’er do well.
Whatever employee gave him the buddy pass is definitely fired.
In the airline industry, each employee is responsible for the behavior of their buddy pass recipient. Reports of poor behavior equates to 1) cancellation of buddy pass privileges or 2) termination.
Yup, the friend is responsible for who gets the passes as if the friend was using it themselves.
Maybe he took a picture of someone else’s buddy pass.
Five years is harsh for this crime he is not a threat. Should be fined/community service and/or few months. Not five years of tax payer money. The answer to every crime is not throwing everyone in jail.
UP TO five years!
Wow ? Five years ? That’s insane man.
This wouldn't have been enough of a crime to arrest him in CA.
I hope he has a good lawyer because otherwise, he messed up his life over something stupid.
Please. You can start a brawl at 30,000 feet and nothing happens. You dont even get banned from flying.
Gross failure on the part of the Airline, gate agent and flight crew.
They seemed to miss that 2 people scanned the same ticket.
No mistake buddy!! You knew exactly what you were doing from the beginning!
The TSA should hire him to try and sneak on as many flights as he can.
Maybe they did
He passed tsa security check point. He had a standby boarding pass and ID. Had he waited to get on flight with his boarding pass there would not have been no problem. Airlines check boarding passes. I have a feeling he’s done this before and other people have done it.
Nothing to do with TSA.
I give him an A+ in creativity
This type of mentality has done and will continue doing things that are against the law. Lock him up.
How dare any of you criticize this man? Remember since he's black we can't say anything about him or else we are racist. ugh
how is that 5 years in prison. should be a fine at the most imo
He brought the TSA into disrepute & they hate negative publicity (again) & probably disrespected a federal officer. Plus... He ain't white.
Nope. Has to be more than a fine because then if it’s expensive to buy an airline tickets and more people would choose that way and just take the fine.
Also, at the very least, he inconvenienced many passengers, because they had to go back to the terminal, and some of those passengers might be going to important events such as a funeral, or a wedding or something, and some of those passengers must also have to make connecting flights, but no, they had to go back to the terminal because of him hiding in the bathroom
How did he take pictures on boarding passes? From unsuspecting passengers?
Perhaps watching the video may answer those questions.
That was bold af!
He passed the qualifications for a job at Boeing
He just said “I’m an illegal immigrant” and they let him go.
And now sir please go vote!
Yet all these travel and airport sites keep telling people they can't use a picture or screenshot of a physical boarding pass because the image is unlikely to scan properly. I guess this guy proved all that wrong. Also, this proves one of my paranoid ideas, as I'm always hiding my boarding pass from site, usually tucked in a book that I'm reading so I still have it in sight and in my hand while reading and waiting.
Typical snowboarder.
It's like they can't help but commit crimes.
@skygblue6250 I'm insecure of myself. I get depressed and try to improve. Not commit crimes.
@@kevint1160Why are you depressed? Legitimate question, not trying to poke fun at you.
Yeah, it sounds like a LOT of whyte people I know.
Usual Suspects. 🤦🏽
How embarrassing for him and that airport.
It’s not airport security that he tricked. Airlines check boarding passes.
Is there any crime these usual suspects wont commit?
At least it wasn't a violent crime
But he did cause the entire plane of passengers to be late.!!! I’m guessing some of those passengers might’ve needed to be in their home destination for a funeral or a wedding or a graduation or something and some of them also might’ve needed to make a connection, but no, all because of him they had to go back to the terminal because he had to steal another persons barcode instead of paying like, other passengers
Interesting. The fact that someone can take a picture of a boarding pass and board the plane is a huge security flaw that needs to be fixed ASAP. This is why I always hide my boarding pass until it’s time to board. I keep it hidden until I have to scan it .
Why? He legitimately got through security. This has nothing to do with a security threat!
I'm still not sure how two boarding passes for the same passenger got on the plane
Missing the bigger weird thing....black dude snowboarding? 😂
Cultural appropriation.
We're in the 21st century now. Who knew?
Both your identification and your boarding pass are suppose to be used to get onto an aircraft. Airlines are in a race to be first with departure, arrival and services while being frugal or have hidden add-ons. When prestige is above security, this will happen again.
No
O M G
Lost his rights to see inside an airport..
He's a victim.
He checked in for southwest but flew delta…that is a scam, yikes 5 years being locked up is not good.
The FAA and TSA should thank this guy for exposing the security flaw. Also, this guy is an idiot for thinking he'd get away with it.
That’s not failure of tsa security. He legally passed TSA security. He tried something shady after passing security to get home faster. It was a failure of airline. Airline check boarding pass to be sure you have ticket for that flight. I suspect he’s done this before and other people have too. He got caught because flight was full. If there were empty seats no one would know.
Nothing to do with security
Defund the useless TSA!!!!
Lol this had nothing to do with TSA 😂