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Man with No Ticket Boards 2 Flights at Munich Airport
A man from Norway successfully boarded two flights without a boarding pass or valid ticket at Germany's second-largest airport. After initially being caught, he slipped through security the next day and flew to Sweden.
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... While his deception was quickly discovered the first time around, he was able to try the same trick only a day later -- and took off on a flight headed to Sweden. What we know about the security scam The 39-year-old managed to hoodwink security staff at Bavaria's biggest hub for the first time on August 4. Although passengers would normally scan their boarding passes at an automatic gate, Germany's Bild newspaper reported that the sneaky Scandinavian stood near another traveler and squeezed through without one. He also slipped past airline staff at the gate and boarded a plane headed for the northern German city of Hamburg. The aircraft was fully booked and, because the man did not have a seat, his trickery was revealed. ...
What we know about the security scam
The 39-year-old managed to hoodwink security staff at Bavaria's biggest hub for the first time on August 4.
Although passengers would normally scan their boarding passes at an automatic gate, Germany's Bild newspaper reported that the sneaky Scandinavian stood near another traveler and squeezed through without one.
He also slipped past airline staff at the gate and boarded a plane headed for the northern German city of Hamburg.
The aircraft was fully booked and, because the man did not have a seat, his trickery was revealed. ...
#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-08-15 12:17 AM | Reply
@#1 ... The aircraft was fully booked and, because the man did not have a seat, his trickery was revealed. ...
Oh that ain't good.
Relying upon a fully booked plane to determine whether all the passengers on that plane are legit?
#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-08-15 12:19 AM | Reply
Something similar happened in LA last year, no ticket, no passport. And while I never saw it reported anywhere, last November I heard a man telling a custom agents in Detroit who flew on a flight from Tokyo with me that he did not have a passport.
#3 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2024-08-15 08:39 AM | Reply
And while I never saw it reported anywhere, last November I heard a man telling a custom agents in Detroit who flew on a flight from Tokyo with me that he did not have a passport. #3 | POSTED BY JOHNNY_HOTSAUCE
Why did he need a passport to enter the US? Would it be wrong to assume you need a passport or a visa given all the activity on the boarder?
#4 | Posted by oneironaut at 2024-08-17 11:56 AM | Reply
sneaky Scandinavian
Is this racist? Seem racist.
All this fool did is make it more difficult in the future for passengers to board the plane.
#5 | Posted by oneironaut at 2024-08-17 11:57 AM | Reply
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