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An unticketed passenger was kicked off of a Delta Airlines flight from Seattle to Hawaii.

The particular person, who has not been named, was capable of board a Delta flight set to journey from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Honolulu Tuesday with out a boarding cross.

The unticketed passenger was found when the aircraft was taxiing after it left the gate and regulation enforcement apprehended the person. The aircraft returned to the gate and the particular person was taken off the plane.

Delta flight 487 was delayed for greater than two hours, a flight go online FlightAware exhibits.

“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 spokesperson mentioned in an announcement to The Independent. “We apologize to our customers for the delay in their travels and thank them for their patience and cooperation.”

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An investigation is ongoing however early indications counsel the unticketed passenger boarded the flight on the gate with out presenting a boarding cross, in response to the airline.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) confirmed in an announcement to The Independent that the person in query underwent normal screening and didn’t possess any prohibited objects.

“The individual bypassed the identity verification and boarding status stations and boarded an aircraft at Seattle/Tacoma International (SEA) without a boarding pass. TSA takes any incidents that occur at any of our checkpoints nationwide seriously,” the company mentioned.

“TSA will independently review the circumstances of this incident at our travel document checker station at Seattle/Tacoma International,” the assertion continued.

The incident comes weeks after a Russian lady evaded safety at New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and flew to Paris as a stowaway on a Delta flight on November 26, throughout peak Thanksgiving journey.

French regulation enforcement detained Svetlana Dali, 57, on the Paris gate; she was flown again to New York, the place she now faces a federal cost of being a stowaway. She was launched on bail with sure circumstances.