A Nigerian national boarded a Virgin America flight from New York to Los Angeles last week without a passport and with an expired boarding pass that did not belong to him, Fox News confirms.
Authorities are looking into how Olajide Oluwaseun Noib boarded Virgin America Flight 415 at John F. Kennedy International Airport on June 24 without a valid passport or identification.
Mid-flight from New York to Los Angeles, a flight attendant noticed Noibi was sitting in a seat that was supposed to be vacant. Noibi showed the attendant the expired boarding pass that was in someone
Mid-flight from New York to Los Angeles, a flight attendant noticed Noibi was sitting in a seat that was supposed to be vacant. Noibi showed the attendant the expired boarding pass that was in someone else’s name, and then showed him a University of Michigan identification card with his picture on it.
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Pat down little kids and old ladies in wheel chairs that the TSA know how to do, now try doing the job you were hired for, like the simple things of checking documents!
t wasn’t international he did not need a passport
You should correct the article it needs editing.
morning19 — You do need appropriate photo id even for domestic travel. The article states he did not have a valid “passport OR identification”. The University of Michigan student ID is not sufficient to board a plane, and anyway it was an expired ID (he was a student there in 2004 I believe!) and did not match the name on the boarding pass!
According to the original story (before the Fox News “enhancements”), he was discovered when the passenger next to him complained to the crew about his body odor.
Also he wasn’t apprehended until he tried to board a Delta flight from LAX to Atlanta a few days later.