China Airlines B744 at San Francisco on Oct 22nd 2012, stowaway
Last Update: December 8, 2012 / 17:26:02 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 22, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
China Airlines
Flight number
CI-4
Departure
Taipei, Taiwan
Destination
San Francisco, United States
Aircraft Registration
B-18210
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
Airport Authorities at San Francisco however discovered a passenger was arriving with a forged passport. Further investigation revealed the passenger had no ticket and was travelling from China via Taiwan to San Francisco, having come on board of the aircraft in Shanghai disguised as cleaning personnel before the aircraft departed for flight CI-504 from Shanghai's Pudong Airport (China) to Taipei. The man had been hiding on board of the aircraft in an electrical compartment inside the pressurized cabin all the way from Shanghai to San Francisco and thus had escaped detection by cleaning personnel, cabin crew and security personnel on all three airports.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 22, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
China Airlines
Flight number
CI-4
Departure
Taipei, Taiwan
Destination
San Francisco, United States
Aircraft Registration
B-18210
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
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