Safety Breach on Atlanta-Bound Flight

A security breach out of LAX almost landed a Nigerian man using a fake boarding pass in Atlanta. Here’s how he wasn’t caught on his earlier flight out of New York.

FBI investigators have arrested Olajide Oluwaseun Noibi, 24, of Nigeria after he was caught trying to board a plane for Atlanta using a boarding pass that was outdated and under someone else’s name.

According to this CNN report, Noibi was found with more than 10 other false boarding passes in his name.

Noibi flew from New York to Los Angeles on Friday. Mid-flight, Virgin American flight officials discovered the man, identified as Noibi, was not on the passnger manifest.

However, he was not arrested until Wednesday when he returned to LAX and tried to board a Delta flight to Atlanta with another fake boarding pass.

Noibi is charged with being a stowaway. He told officials he was in Los Angeles recruiting people for his software business.