Plane turns around four hours into flight after “unauthorised person” discovered on board

Passengers on board the All Nippon Airways flight returned to LA eight hours after the original departure.

A flight from Los Angeles bound for Tokyo returned to Los Angeles Airport after approximately four hours in the air when an unauthorised person was discovered on board. The All Nippon Airlines Flight 175 departed LAX at 11.30am on Tuesday morning bound for Tokyo before returning to its point of origin approximately eight hours later after turning around when it emerged that one passenger wasn’t authorised to be on board. Law enforcement sources told CNN that two brothers with similar names had been due to fly to Tokyo, but only one brother was booked on the All Nippon Airways flight while the other was booked to fly to Tokyo with United. Passengers, including singer John Legend and his wife, model and TV presenter Chrissy Teigen, were informed of the mix-up and of the plane’s return to LA when it had already been in the air for four hours. https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/945827499761692672 https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/945830282715975680 https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/945840165393780736 https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/945844799432810502 https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/945844998075047936 https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/945850403077394432 https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/945850879860670464 https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/945856948678877186 https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/945860380978380800 https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/945861413251162115 https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/945864433326178304 https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/945871409636446208 https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/946153368338046976 All Nippon Airways apologised to affected passengers in a brief statement on Twitter on Wednesday, which read: “We apologize to all of our passengers on Flight 175; we failed to deliver the customer service we strive for. Thank you all for your comments and allowing us to connect, learn and serve you better. We welcome ongoing feedback to understand how we can work to make this right.” https://twitter.com/FlyANA_official/status/946085282520096768 We have seen this type of situation happen before, of course, albeit in fictional circumstances, which had far more entertaining consequences for the passenger in question than in this particular episode… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9epIc6ipBIg Clip via homealoneclips