A problem with a Delta Air Lines boarding pass at Salt Lake City International Airport has led to an FBI investigation over what eventually resulted in a sec🅠urity breach.
The event occurred on Sunday when officials found that Wicliff Fleurizard, 26, from George, Texas, managed to board the aircraft despite having a boarding pass for a different flight and airline.
As per a criminal complaint filed in the matter, Fleurizard was taken off Flight 1683, headed 💎for Austin, after it was uncovered that he possesse🌟d a boarding pass for a Southwest Airlines flight.
Fleurizard stated that he had just returned from a snowboarding trip in Park City and had an urgent𓃲 need 💟to get home to meet family members arriving from Florida.
According to investigators in the complaint, Fleurizard utilized a "buddy pass" from Southwest 🍨Airlines to pass through securܫity. However, upon reaching his gate, he discovered that the Southwest flight was fully booked.
According to the complaint, security footage re🦂portedly captured Fleurizard taking photos of other passengers' boarding passes. Allegedly, h𝔉e used one of these to gain entry to the Delta flight.
Upon boarding, he tried to conce🔯al himself in the la꧅vatories. However, flight attendants found him after all seats were occupied.
TSA confirmed that Fleurizar﷽d had undergone screening without any issues, but he did not possess a valid ticket for the Delta flight.
The airline informed CBS News that it is collaborating with law enforcement and federal agencies a🐼s part of the ongoing investigation.
Fleurizard was apprehended by federal authorities and taken to the🍸 Salt 💧Lake County jail on Sunday.
This recent incident follows less than three months a༒fter another individual managed to breach a secure area at the airport, granting access to the tarmac. Subsequently, he climbed into an 🐓airplane engine and later died at the scene.
