Houston Man Charged After Fake Pass Boards United Flight 469, Delaying Full Plane 3 Hours
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 5
Houston Man Charged After Fake Pass Boards United Flight 469, Delaying Full Plane 3 Hours
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 5
Summary
25-year-old Abdulrahman Oluwatumike Oriyomi was charged in Harris County with impairing a critical infrastructure facility after authorities said he boarded United Flight 469 at Bush Intercontinental using a fraudulent boarding pass.
May 18 court records say Oriyomi passed through TSA, failed to scan a pass at one gate, then slipped down another jetway while United staff were distracted and boarded the Los Angeles-bound flight.
Flight attendants discovered he had no assigned seat after the plane began taxiing and returned it to the gate, triggering responses from Houston police, the FBI, Houston Airports and the TSA.
A boarding pass image recovered from Oriyomi's phone allegedly lacked key information and a QR code, and investigators said he could not have obtained a valid pass without paying for a reservation.
Prosecutors sought a $25,000 bond and restrictions including surrendering travel documents and avoiding airports; the case is pending in Harris County's 180th District Court.