SEATAC, Wash. – Travelers lined up at SEA Airport on Friday, bags packed and ready to board their flights. It was another busy day at the airport, but it came as some travelers learned about two incidents that happened just days before.
Police arrested a woman, who the airport said went through the TSA security checkpoint without a boarding pass, then spent the night in the airport and boarded a Delta flight to Hawaii on Christmas Eve. The woman was discovered on the plane before takeoff, according to airport spokesperson Perry Cooper.
“What a breach of security,” said Dan Moore, who was at the airport on Friday. “In a day and age when they’ve tried to ramp up security, it’s a pretty egregious example of falling short of the goal.” …