I’m flabbergasted that a stolen passport, reported as required, doesn’t raise flags on an international flight!
You’d think if you had your passport stolen and reported it, then it would be flagged just like people on the no-fly list are flagged. I don’t get it.
Some countries are not yet concerned about terrorism because they believe they will not be targeted.
Maybe it was “de-flagged” somehow.
leapfrog0202 wrote: “I’m flabbergasted that a stolen passport, reported as required, doesn’t raise flags on an international flight!... “
This is totally insane! Reading the entire article at the link above reveals:
A) Interpol states that no inquiries were ever made to their database of stolen/missing passports about the two European names falsely used to board the plane.
B) The database is NOT available the Airlines, only to police and other security officials.
C) Most countries do NOT even use the database to verify whether travelers are using stolen travel documents.
My comments:
I read a news article where a Malaysian Airline official in Beijing stated that the airline had no information about stolen passports being used, and went on to explain that the name of every passenger had been given to Chinese authorities who issued entry visas for them all before the flight even took off.
Why in the world would officials even ask for a passport if they are not even going to verify that it is valid?
I’m a bit surprised that China would be so careless about issuing travel visas. They otherwise seem to be very strict when it comes to security.