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Tokyo-bound flight turns back to LAX because of unauthorized person
All Nippon Airways (ANA) flight bound for Tokyo's Narita Airport turned around to go back to Los Angeles International Airport, due to an unauthorized person on the plane. (www.cnbc.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Well... the Captain is right and he is wrong. ANA's security policy was followed. BUT... I would definitely prefer to be flying with a crew that knows the procedure, respect rules, but can think for themselves when an unexpected situation arises.
Other news sources say the mistake was discovered while in flight. It was two brothers with "very similar names", both originally flying to Tokyo, but in different flights, both cleared by US security and initially by Japan to enter the country and, most important, both admitted into the ANA plane by ANA gate staff and a terrible performance of ANA cabin crew who allowed the doors to be closed with an extra passenger seated on the plane.
So I agree with others on this on, this flight should have gone on its way and - even if the brothers did it on purpose - it is ANA gate and cabin crew that need to hear from the bosses about this....
If we go by the book it was a correct decision by the captain, but it surely showed a lack of critical thinking and decision making.
Other news sources say the mistake was discovered while in flight. It was two brothers with "very similar names", both originally flying to Tokyo, but in different flights, both cleared by US security and initially by Japan to enter the country and, most important, both admitted into the ANA plane by ANA gate staff and a terrible performance of ANA cabin crew who allowed the doors to be closed with an extra passenger seated on the plane.
So I agree with others on this on, this flight should have gone on its way and - even if the brothers did it on purpose - it is ANA gate and cabin crew that need to hear from the bosses about this....
If we go by the book it was a correct decision by the captain, but it surely showed a lack of critical thinking and decision making.
Brothers with same first and last name. One scans and gets beedooped so agents asks name and gets first and last, validates that the name is valid and reissues pass. Brother enters plane and sits in unassigned seat. The model who understands that beedoop tech and can sound intelligent is priceless (and worthless). The PILOT made the decision, that much is now fact. And yes, if the PAX was actually malicious it would play different. Not all data was available and there was a plane filled with live souls at risk. Hmmmmmm, I'll not argue the hindsight, but the captain was probably trying to do the safest thing so everyone might live.
and since both had valid tickets, they got past all the screening. It was only at the gate that the united ticket failed and then apparently the agent reissued or allowed entry thinking same first/last as passenger on flight. So no, not TSA issue.
reason number 23 why I avoid flying whenever possible. Stupid policies.
The choice of ANA to return to remove this passenger for this mistake is laudable.
The choice of the ANA "gate keeper" to allow boarding is not.
The insanity of the entire episode hangs on the allegation that the errant passenger actually had a duplicated ticket of his brother for an entirely different airline.
The brother was noted to be flying on the proper flight with the same ticket.
How does this airline expect the public to believe that they are so neglectful as to allow a person whose identity is in question and whose ticket is for an entirely different airline.
This was a security lapse of a magnitude that could not be passed off as an "accident".
Apparently the security of ANA is inept and woefully inadequate.
The choice of the ANA "gate keeper" to allow boarding is not.
The insanity of the entire episode hangs on the allegation that the errant passenger actually had a duplicated ticket of his brother for an entirely different airline.
The brother was noted to be flying on the proper flight with the same ticket.
How does this airline expect the public to believe that they are so neglectful as to allow a person whose identity is in question and whose ticket is for an entirely different airline.
This was a security lapse of a magnitude that could not be passed off as an "accident".
Apparently the security of ANA is inept and woefully inadequate.
I'm trying to wrap my mind about why they decided to return to LAX, causing inconvenience to the whole plane just for one person... I believe it's simpler and cheaper to make sure the wrong passenger get detained at NRT and send back to LAX in another plane (or take the same plane in the return flight). I know they can because I went to NRT once in a 30 min layover (long story, supposed to be 2 hour) and a security staff woman took me in charge and went thru security to board the next plane.