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Serial stowaway evades all security, boards and flies O'Hare/Chicago-Heathrow/London

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It's at least the third time she made it past security and flew. She's been arrested at least eight other times four states after getting past security and successfully boarding; in those cases, she was discovered and removed before departure. (www.cbsnews.com) More...

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cmadden1000
Chris Madden 6
Remember the movie Airport? Ada Quonset, little old lady, habitual stowaway just for the thrill? Out of Chicago Ohare for gods sake. Played by Helen Hayes she even looks like this lady. That was supposed to be a far fetched plot device back then in the 70s. Before all this additional security and TSA. SHEESH.
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travelczar
travelczar 5
How did she get past TSA? They want a boarding pass before entering the secure area. Geez...
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btweston
btweston 8
Sheer incompetence. Good thing they busted my onions over a tin of shave soap two weeks ago. The TSA charade would be much more bearable if it wasn’t such an incredible waste of everyone’s time. For now it is Al Qaeda’s 9/11 trophy.
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BDaleR
Byron Russell 1
"such an incredible waste of everyone’s time. " And taxpayer money. And travelers' time is, of course, also money.
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ptcassidy21
patrick cassidy 7
cant really blame her for trying to get out of Chicago
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Lontony
Tony Long 1
Although this is not in the kind, warm-hearted spirit of the Flightaware community, it did make me guffaw loudly. Thumbs-up!
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ptcassidy21
patrick cassidy 1
more O'Hare airport, than the City of Chicago! Go Bears!
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Quickslver
Sherry Volk 2
She's homeless. Maybe there's a win-win here, since TSA could clearly use some help pointing out their security holes.
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joelwiley
joel wiley 3
" When she couldn't produce a passport Monday at Heathrow Airport, officials sent her back to O'Hare, where she was taken into custody Thursday"

Does that imply she would have cleared customs had she brought her passport? That is assuming the US court did not pull it on her last conviction.
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ArturoYee
Arturo Yee 1
So - what is going on with the TSA at Chicago? Or the clerks at the airline - were they distracted by other passengers? What a MESS!
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waderoberts
wade roberts 1
TSA in Chicago at MDW has been really effective at creating hours-long delays, sometimes resulting in lines extending outside the terminal and causing hundreds to miss their flights.
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tomsullivan
Tom Sullivan 1
She tried to do it again. One week after the judge banned her from the O'Hare, she showed up again today. https://www.forbes.com/sites/grantmartin/2018/01/27/american-and-jetblue-roll-out-ultra-dense-aircraft-with-tighter-legroom-and-tiny-bathrooms/2/#7eb68cb73daf
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tomsullivan
Tom Sullivan 1
Wrong link
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tomsullivan
Tom Sullivan 1
here is the correct link to the story of the stowaway showing up again at O'Hare https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/serial-stowaway-marilyn-hartman-arrested-chicago-airport-again-n841766
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jdriskell
James Driskell 1
she need to spend some time in the rubber room!
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shenghaohan
Shenghao Han 1
Well that is a proof of the TSA theater theory...(All those security measures are just there for us to feel save, they actually does nothing)
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dexter1
Edward Dexter 1
Hah, my fiancé was bringing a small jar of rutabaga chutney (!!!) for her mom, from the famed Rutabaga Festival in Askov, Minnesota (www.askovrutabagafestival.com)back to Baltimore...and it set off the bomb detectors. I was very glad they took it from her.
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jdriskell
James Driskell 0
Maybe Cook County could find her a home in the gray bar hotel?
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747400pilot
James Carney 0
She should be in charge of the TSA!! TSA stands for, Thousands Standing Around!!
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