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Woman accused of stowing away on Delta flight from NY to Paris apprehended again, FBI says (www.cbsnews.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, something something choke on a pretzel or something.

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[–] kautau 26 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

On Dec. 4, the TSA noted, "This is the only reported case of unauthorized access when over 18 million passengers were screened at TSA security checkpoints during the busiest Thanksgiving travel season ever. No one has ever fully breached the TSA security screening process."

Well, delta employees noticed her before she landed, not the TSA. Sounds like someone totally could have breached the full process, and the TSA just would not have noticed

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not familiar with this, but she could easily have gotten a cheap local ticket, gotten through TSA, and then boarded a different, international flight. She'd have had to sneak past the gate attendants, but that's probably easier than getting past TSA.

Or, get a job working at one of the shops behind security, and go from there. Or as a baggage handler, or a janitor... getting past TSA doesn't seem challenging if you plan ahead a little and are planning on fleeing the country anyway.

Heck, I don't know how closely they monitor the plane cleaners, but that gets you on the plane. With an accomplice to handle things like any after-cleaning headcount, it might be downright easy.

[–] kautau 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yeah I think the vast majority of airport security is definitely security theater. Based on the fact she wasn’t caught until mid flight, you’re exactly right that getting past security and getting through the gate onto the plane wasn’t a challenge. Honestly I’m curious how they caught her while she was on board. I feel like if she had found a quiet empty window seat and pretended to sleep the whole flight she wouldn’t have been discovered. But maybe economy was full and she tried to sneak her way into first class or something

Edit: From the original article about her sneaking aboard

The flight was not sold out, and she was discovered when a flight attendant became concerned that the woman was making frequent and lengthy visits to various lavatories aboard the Boeing 767-400ER, according to a source familiar with the incident.

So yeah, she was dumb and bounced around the plane a bunch making the flight attendants look up who she was. My comment rings true