Another tear in the airport security net (NYC to LA flight)

LATimes ^ | 7-1-11 | Andrew Blankstein and Howard Blume

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Federal authorities and Virgin America are
trying to explain how Olajide Oluwaseun Noibi
was able to get through layers of airport
security — and then avoid arrest for five
days after officials discovered he was a
stowaway.

Olajide Oluwaseun Noibi, 24, pictured above
in a 2008 Chicago arrest report, allegedly
flew from New York to Los Angeles on an
expired boarding pass in someone else's
name. His Chicago arrest came after he
allegedly refused to pay a $4.70 fare
on a Metra train. (Chicago Police Department
/ January 3, 2008)

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Virgin America Flight 415 from New York to
Los Angeles was already two hours into its
journey when some passengers in the upscale
"Main Cabin Select" section complained that
the man seated in 3E reeked of body odor.

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He was asked to show his boarding pass while on the plane,
two hours into the flight?

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He’d already been given a couple of passes to make and board the flight, when other passengers complained of the stink coming from him. They were doing their job as attendants responding to the complaints, verifying his status.

So, the flight crew did their job .. TSA screwed up royally.

The most outrageous thing to me, is that after all this, the improper IDs, the 10 OTHER boarding passes, etc. etc., his previous suspicious flight record .. they RELEASED HIM .. for 5 days, until someone went DUH!!! Incompetence and dangerous negligence that’s beyond stupifying.