Delta Stowaway Used Picture of Girl’s Boarding Pass to Sneak on Flight: Prosecutors

A Texas man was able to board a Delta Air Lines flight without a ticket after he secretly photographed a girl’s boarding pass, according to a criminal complaint, and was only caught as the plane was heading to the runway.

Wicliff Yves Fleurizard, 26, of George, Texas, had allegedly taken pictures of multiple passengers’ phones and boarding passes when they weren’t looking as he tried to get on the flight from Salt Lake City to Austin on Sunday. The complaint filed in the U.S. District Court of Utah alleges that he then used his own phone as a boarding pass at the gate and successfully boarded the plane.

When a Delta gate agent scanned the boarding pass of a minor female traveling alone, “the system showed that she was already onboard,” the complaint reads.

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