[La Enchiladita]

I know. I know the headline is odious.

[Doogle]

duh

[Pearls Before Swine]

Where could he go? It’s not as if the TSA would allow him on a plane without proper ID. /s

[Godwin1]

Why not LET him flee? Surely his permanent return to hellhole Nigeria (I have been there) would be more punishment for him and a substantial savings for us. Win , Win!

[Still Thinking]

Alleged airline stowaway denied bail after judge says he may be risk to flee

Aw come on! How could he afford a plane ticket? How would he even get through security while he's on bail? Oh, wait....

[knarf]

"Judge Michael Wilner said Olajide Oluwaseun Noibi appeared to be a flight risk after a prosecutor said he believed Noibi would return to Nigeria. The magistrate judge said he was also concerned about the defendant's identity and where he actually lived."

OK ... he's illegal and will be deported, right?

Let HIM pay for it by fleeing.

[gaijin]

[umgud]

Da judge thinks he’s a flight risk?

[Random Access]

Tape an adult diaper on him and TSA will be on him like a democrat on a union donation.

[cynwoody]

Anyone know how this works?

On all the flights I've taken in some years now, they bar-code scan the boarding passes. I thought that was to verify the boarding pass was for the current flight and to match passengers and checked baggage. Who knew it was just beeping when it recognized a bar code and not processing the code further!

Or did he just slip past the gate agent? That would work some of the time, I imagine.

And what happens in either case when somebody turns up with a genuine pass for the same seat?

[Gena Bukin]

a prosecutor said he believed Noibi would return to Nigeria

And this is a problem because???

[King Moonracer]

The defendant said he stood to inherit $10 million if only the judge would give him $8,000 today.

OMG, was Wimpy a Nigerian scammer prophet?

[cynwoody]

Boarding pass generator: http://www.dubfire.net/boarding_pass/

[Right Wing Assault]

How can he be a stowaway if they look at his papers and let him on? Sounds as if he’s done it before, so I guess he would assume it must be OK with the airlines. They should put themselves in prison for having lousy procedures.

[Right Wing Assault]

They should hire this guy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atfNL0_KAcs&feature=related

[Peter Libra]

It could be the spectre of political correctness that gave this man so many "mulligans". Perhaps certain staff members thought that the effective, but hoary old weapon of crying "racism" might be brought forth.

Just a passing thought though.