Posted on 12/11/2023 1:36:11 PM PST by algore
A Russian man flew from Europe to LAX without a passport, visa or plane ticket last month, and officials have no idea how he did it. Neither, it seems, does the man himself.
Sergey Vladimirovich Ochigava faces a charge of being a stowaway on an aircraft related to a Nov. 4 flight, but according to a report by Jason Koebler published jointly by 404 Media and Court Watch, he “was not a stowaway in the traditional sense.”
“[Ochigava] seemingly interacted with flight crew, ate two meals on the plane, spoke to other passengers on the flight, and, at one point ‘attempted to eat the chocolate that belonged to members of the cabin crew,’ Koebler wrote. “The affidavit states that ‘most’ of the crew noticed him on the plane, and said he was sitting in a few different seats, but that nothing else seemed amiss.”
His iPhone contained a picture of the flight board at Copenhagen’s airport and “screen grabs from the ‘Maps’ app showing a hostel in Kiel, Germany, and street maps from an unknown foreign city,” FBI agent Caroline Walling wrote in an affadavit.
He did have some identification, however.
“A search of his bags found ‘Russian identification cards and an Israeli identification card,’ as well as ‘a partial photograph of a passport,'” Koebler wrote.
Perhaps the most confounding part of the saga is that Ochigava seemingly had no inkling anything was amiss until he arrived in the U.S. and tried to pass an examination by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
At first, Ochigava told CBP officials that he left his passport on the plane, but no document was found. Further complicating matters, Ochigava wasn’t in the CBP system at all, something “the CBP officer had never encountered,” Walling wrote.
Ochigava didn’t even remember how he got to Copenhagen in the first place or what he was doing there.
“Ochigava claimed he had not been sleeping for three days and did not understand what was going on. Ochigava stated he might have had a plane ticket to come to the United States, but he was not sure … When asked how he got through security in Copenhagen, Ochigava claimed he did not remember how he went through security without a ticket,” Walling wrote.
At this point, it seems only one thing is known for sure.
“Everyone involved is very confused,” Koebler wrote.
Why didn't they just give him a $5000 visa debit card and send him on his way ?
“I don’t see the problem, earlier today I read TSA had special lines for Undocumented people.”
Yeah! 12,000 people a day cross illegally with nothing but plastic water jugs.
Exactly.
Have the Democrats signed him up to vote yet?
“Everyone involved is very confused”
Guess they’re saying Joe was somehow involved, then the whole story makes sense.
Quaffing a lot of vodka will do that to you.
Obviously he watched Star Trek 2009 and just copied Montgomery Scott’s algorithm on how to beam himself onto a vessel thats moving through space. Duh. /s
He was obviously a Stoli-way. Do we really need any more proof?
It's clear he got elit seats.
It sounds like a senile old man.
Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
I wish, I wish he’d go away...
Customs agents were not amused.
They told him to wipe that Smirm off his face.
*Smirn*
Sheesh. Now I’m part of the problem.
Meth? Lots of it?
Escaped from a KGB FSB mind control center too early?
Perhaps slightly off topic, but in a few recent encounters with bureaucracy, I have elected to become stupid/senile/forgetful/helpless. I can do nothing. I need a lot of help.
I have discovered that bureaucrats will (at least sometimes) just get frustrated and do everything for you if you basically pretend that you cannot do a damn thing for yourself.
My view is that these guys have made this world into an overly complex place. So, let them wrestle with it. I’ll watch.
So what?
Our lawless borders are open to millions without ID.
They get it when they arrive
Post of the day!
This reads like one of those logic puzzles. The answer to this one could be “he was born in the plane”.
Testing the system.
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