A person who helped himself to double meals and tried to speak to passengers – regardless of allegedly having no passport or ticket – has claimed he can’t bear in mind how he obtained via safety.
The FBI has charged Sergey Ochigava with being a stowaway on the Copenhagen to LA flight, however the Russian has been tight-lipped on how he bypassed safety in Europe.
Ochigava arrived in LA on a Scandinavian Airlines flight on 4 November however was not on passenger lists and has been locked up ever since.
Flight crew stated throughout take-off he was in a seat meant to be unoccupied, and later switched locations a number of instances as he tried to talk to folks – most of whom ignored him, in accordance with the FBI.
He ate “two meals during each meal service, and at one point attempted to eat the chocolate that belonged to members of the cabin crew”, the grievance says.
Border officers discovered what seemed to be Russian and Israeli identification however no passport – aside from a partial picture of 1 on his telephone that did not present his photograph.
A Scandinavian Airlines supervisor later checked the passenger listing and realised the flight was “plus one”, in accordance with the FBI.
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The bureau stated Ochigava wouldn’t reveal what he was doing in Copenhagen and “claimed he did not remember how he went through security without a ticket”.
He additionally “provided false and misleading information about his travel” after initially saying he left his passport on the aircraft, the FBI stated.
Ochigava has pleaded not responsible to being a stowaway and a trial has been scheduled for 26 December.
Source: information.sky.com”