<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A stowaway was caught trying to nab a ride on a Delta Air Lines plane at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Christmas Eve.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Seattle attempt follows another recent incident on a Delta plane, that one involving </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/moment-flight-attendant-questions-stowaway-on-new-york-to-paris-flight/b1532302-7ba2-47ac-9a20-64477953889a" rel="" target="" title="an unticketed passenger who made it all the way to Paris "><span>an unticketed passenger who made it all the way to Paris</span></a><span> from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport just before Thanksgiving.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In Tuesday's case, the stowaway was discovered while Delta Flight 487 was still taxiing out to take off for Honolulu, Delta Air Lines told CNN.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/victorian-fires-grampians-national-park-bushfire-continues-to-grow-amid-fresh-emergency-warnings/55afbe0f-d71d-4257-908c-c8afdca6ae74" target="" title="'Challenging time': Grampians National Park bushfire continues to grow"><strong><span>'Challenging time': Grampians National Park bushfire continues to grow</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Transportation Security Administration and the Port of Seattle confirmed the incident to CNN.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>TSA told CNN that an individual did go through standard screening and did not possess any prohibited items.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The person was able to bypass the identity verification and boarding status stations and got onto an aircraft at Seattle-Tacoma without a boarding pass, TSA said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/christmas-eve-stowaway-caught-on-delta-plane-at-seattle-airport/df39b98b-ff63-44e0-91e4-4fcc70f1ddc1" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-to-hobart-yacht-race-two-people-dead-in-accidents/ed33c03e-219c-4dd3-8c89-d403db30a11a" target="" title="Investigation promised after Sydney to Hobart race deaths overnight"><strong><span>Investigation promised after Sydney to Hobart race deaths</span></strong><span> </span><strong><span>overnight</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Once the person was discovered, the Airbus A321neo returned to the gate to remove the unticketed passenger, Delta said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Officers with the Port of Seattle Police Department were dispatched to gate B1 at the airport around 1.05pm (local time) for "a report of a suspicious circumstance" on Delta Flight 487.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The aircraft returned to the terminal and the subject departed the aircraft. With the help of video surveillance, POSPD were able to locate the subject in a terminal restroom. The subject was arrested for criminal trespass," the Port of Seattle said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The aircraft was swept by K9 as well as all areas in the terminal accessed by the subject. … The aircraft was deplaned and all passengers were escorted by TSA to return to the security checkpoint for rescreening," it said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Delta said the flight was delayed by two hours and 15 minutes and then continued to Honolulu at 3pm after the rescreening.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"As there are no matters more important than safety and security, Delta people followed procedures to have an unticketed passenger removed from the flight and then apprehended," the Atlanta-based airline said in a statement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We apologise to our customers for the delay in their travels and thank them for their patience and cooperation."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>TSA said that it "takes any incidents that occur at any of our checkpoints nationwide seriously. 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