When information first broke {that a} Texas man had efficiently been capable of sneak onto a aircraft last week in Salt Lake Metropolis utilizing nothing however a photograph of another person’s ticket, many questioned how he really achieved that. And new airport surveillance footage obtained by ABC Information is giving us some clues.
Wicliff Yves Fleurizard, a 26-year-old from Texas, was arrested on March 17 and charged with being a stowaway on a Delta Air Strains flight that was departing from Salt Lake Metropolis. Fleurizard was apparently performing surprisingly after boarding the flight and hanging out within the toilet, earlier than a flight attendant put it collectively that he wasn’t imagined to be on the flight. When the flight attendant requested what seat he was in, there was already somebody sitting in it, elevating a pink flag and inflicting the aircraft to return to the gate.
However how did he really get on the flight? As new footage printed by ABC News reveals, he was photographing tickets from different passengers with out them noticing, giving him entry to QR codes that might then be used to board the flight. Fleurizard photographed completely different boarding passes a number of occasions with a number of individuals, lastly utilizing one of many pictures to scan the QR code from his cellphone to get entry to the aircraft, as you possibly can see within the screenshot under.
The footage printed by ABC Information solely seems to indicate Fleurizard photographing one different passenger’s paper ticket, however prosecutors have alleged he additionally took pictures of the telephones of different passengers. One of many different passengers was a “minor feminine,” based on the indictment and it was her boarding move that offered an issue when she tried to board and the system mentioned she had already boarded.
Fleurizard reportedly apologized for making a mistake and simply needed to get dwelling rapidly after failing to safe one other flight with a distinct airline. However now he faces felony expenses of being a stowaway.
There’s only one remaining query: What did Fleurizard use to get by means of TSA safety? In accordance with the New York Times, Fleurizard was capable of get by means of the TSA line with no downside, however passengers usually have to current each and ID and their boarding move. Whereas the Texas man reportedly had a legitimate Florida ID, it’s nonetheless not clear how he’d get by means of safety with no boarding move—until, after all, he did the identical trick photographing another person’s boarding move earlier.
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