Delta Stowaway Discovered on Christmas Eve Flight to Hawaii

An unticketed passenger bypassed security at Seattle-Tacoma Airport, causing delays and raising safety concerns.

A stowaway boarded Delta Flight 487 from Seattle to Honolulu on December 24 without a ticket, prompting the plane to return to the gate before takeoff.
The individual passed through TSA screening without a boarding pass but bypassed identity verification and gate checks to access the aircraft.
The incident caused a 2-hour and 15-minute delay as passengers were deplaned, rescreened by TSA, and the aircraft was searched with K9 units.
The unticketed passenger was apprehended in an airport restroom using video surveillance and charged with criminal trespass.
This marks the second Delta stowaway case in a month, following a similar incident involving a passenger traveling from New York to Paris in November.