The Transportation Security Administration is investigating how an untickled woman at Nashville International Airport boarded a Los Angeles-bound flight without going through the first TSA checkpoint.
On February 7, a traveler jumped one of the security posts at Nashville International Airport, avoiding the first TSA checkpoint (where travelers are asked to show identification and a boarding pass) and returned to blend into the security line, Mark Howell, TSA Southern Region spokesperson, told KTLA 5.
This is the second time in four months that a traveler without a boarding pass has boarded a plane bound for Los Angeles.
In November, a man with Russian and Israeli passports boarded a plane in Denver without a ticket, visa or passport. He was sentenced to 93 days and ordered to pay a $2,174 fine this month.
In the latest incident, the traveler was physically screened, along with her carry-on luggage, without incident at the Nashville airport before boarding the flight, said Lorie Dankers, TSA spokeswoman for the western region.
“TSA and its airline partners are cooperating with the ongoing law enforcement investigation,” Dankers said.
The FBI said it responded to a report “of an individual who boarded an American Airlines flight without a ticket and flew from Nashville to Los Angeles,” said Lourdes Arocho, public information officer for the FBI's Los Angeles field office.
“A woman in question was detained for questioning and our investigation is still ongoing,” Arocho said.
No one has been charged at this time.
