What happens when you lose your boarding pass
A man has managed to pass through a security checkpoint and check in for a flight using another person’s boarding pass, the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has confirmed.
The boarding pass in question was accidentally left behind in an automated ticket machine at Salt Lake City International Airport.
The 61-year-old, identified as Michael Salata, who stole the ticket was eventually taken into custody after Southwest Airlines agents discovered the ticket and its replacement had been given by two different passengers. The ticket was in a name of a woman, who then used a boarding pass on her mobile phone to check in.
“He tried to make it seem like it was a mistake, that the boarding pass printed incorrectly, or that he grabbed the wrong boarding pass,” SLC Airport Police Chief Craig Vargo told the Deseret News.
TSA spokesperson Lori Dankers said that despite the security failure at the checkpoint, Salta was still subjected to the same security screening as any other passenger.
“There are multiple layers of security in place,” she said in a statement.
Salata, who police say also had a small amount of marijuana with him, was charged with drug possession as well as a felony count of fraudulent handling of a legal document.
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