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Man Makes it Onto NY Flight Without Boarding Pass

Olajide Olwaseun Noibi snuck onto flight with someone else's expired pass

By the Associated Press

Posted Jun 30, 2011 10:56 AM CDT

(AP) – A Nigerian man boarded a Virgin Atlantic airplane last week with an invalid boarding pass, according to the FBI. The man, Olajide Olwaseun Noibi, sneaked onto a flight from New York to Los Angeles and sat in the main cabin. When a flight attendant asked him to show his boarding pass, he produced an expired pass that belonged to someone else. Days later, airport officials found 10 expired boarding passes in his bag—none of them in his name. The TSA says Noibi was screened before he boarded the flight. He has been charged with being a stowaway.

Officials found 10 other expired boarding passes in Olajide Olwaseun Noibi's bag, none of them in his name. (Shutterstock)

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carbonatedturtle

Jun 30, 2011 2:09 PM CDT

Anytime I ever fly anywhere, I need to show my boarding pass no less than 3 times. How the hell was he able to make it through all of these checkpoints, especially in a city like New York? When you think of all of the people whose basic human rights to not be harassed or molested by TSA officials have been thrown right out the window, and this guy is able to leisurely walk on a plane with an expired boarding pass. It's nice to see everything running so smoothly.

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