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Delta Passengers Disembark International Flight at JFK, Skip Passport Control

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Passengers on a New York-bound Delta Air Lines flight yesterday ended up bypassing U.S. border controls upon arrival. Delta Flight 3 from London’s Heathrow Airport arrived at gate B33 last night at John F. Kennedy International Airport’s Terminal 4. Delta employees apparently failed to send disembarking passengers ... (www.frequentbusinesstraveler.com) Ещё...

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dbaker
dbaker 3
I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often. The difference between sending everyone into the domestic terminal vs arriving into the CBP area is just which door is propped open.
PhotoFinish
PhotoFinish 2
Especially with some flights from some cities having preclearance, and some not. We probably just don't hear about it. Doesn't fit with 'security theatre'.
personr
Bobby Person 2
This happened to me once in the Republic of Turkey. Attempting to leave the country (Turkey) on my next trip was quite interesting! Hope that doesn't happen to these folks.

PhotoFinish
PhotoFinish 2
"Delta employees apparently failed to send disembarking passengers down the right set of doors to reach U.S. Customs and Border Protection passport control agents..."

Sounds like the airline was complicit in this break in protocol and border incursion. A fine would not only be appropriate, but necessary to prevent future similar oversights in the future.
k2lck
Ed Mentz 2
...and they did not even get their feet wet...
NCDesq
NCDesq 2
No system is perfect. Don't they screen passenger names pre-flight - at least that mitigates chances of harm.
btweston
btweston 3
Well, everyone has do do the customs and immigration thing. This had to be some kind of booboo.
Av8nut
Michael Fuquay 4
Unfortunately, "booboos" in the aviation industry either get you fined, fired or dead.
samsterflight
samsterflight 2
Speculation as to the fine DL will be assessed? Do we have a passenger count?
Kevinhenson
Kevin Henson 2
So many experts making suggestions, so little time....:)
btweston
btweston 1
What? How...?

I really don't... How does one leave the international terminal without going through customs and immigration? If you're
davidrbarnes
David Barnes 1
At US airports, most "international" gates can either open to the terminal or open to US Customs. Recall that as you board an international flight, you board from the "regular" terminal area. If you arrive on a domestic flight at the same gate, you're directed into the "regular" terminal area. International arrivals (should) get directed through a back corridor to the international arrivals area.

The gate agent greeting the flight would come from the "domestic" side of the departure area to fit the jetbridge and open the aircraft door. I'd speculate that the wrong door was left opened and unsuspecting passengers were directed to the domestic portion of the terminal.
xtoler
Larry Toler 1
Wow. At least you didn't wind up in a Turkish prison like Billy Hays. Sorry, the movie Midnight Express just came to mind.
iflyrjs
terry gersdorf 1
devsfan
ken young 1
LordLayton
Leighton Elliott 0
Just imagine if just ONE of those passengers was a terrorist. This is what happens when you hire outside contract employees to do this job at meager wages. They could probably care less. All this cost cutting to the point of having unqualified employees will some day again turn around and bite us in the butt.
Number1Mom
De Crockett 0
I'm with you on this one. Especially given the fact that outside contractors are only in it if they can continue to cut costs. Unfortunately, there have been many instances where it has been found that they do not do the best job when it comes to required screening and background checks.
pracines
Paul Racines -1
for all we know (and I would not be shocked) this was planned and paid for. I would not think this way if most of the population in this world did not love money so much...everybody seems to have their price to do whatever.....not me, I actually hate money. This day in age one would think this to be impossible and multiple layers should be in place to see to the impossibility especially in NY!!! Strange in the extreme the way I see it....what will be next?
Kevinhenson
Kevin Henson 3
Hey Paul, I can send you my Bank Account details and you can send me all your hateful money, I am in urgent need. Thanks......Kevin.
pracines
Paul Racines 1
Kevin, you are deceived into thinking you have an "urgent need" for money.
whip5209
Ken McIntyre 0
How do you spell OOPS! F-I-N-E
bzambello
James Zambello 0
Who freakin cares! Glad everyone else is perfect.
tjdavid21444
Tim David 1
Really James? Why wouldn't they have been "perfect"? There was no emergency involved. Just another screw up by the very people who are supposed to be protecting us. Suppose one of those people who bypassed customs had something in their carry-on that was infectious or otherwise dangerous. The point is, this should never happen.
selby50c
selby50c 0
Doesn't happen at YYZ where every passenger must run the gauntlet of the Customs man. Or woman :-(
There is no chopice. You MUST step this way...there is no "other" door....
iflyrjs
terry gersdorf 4
true but the USA departures is the worse run in the world......The security screeners are completely unorganized and absolutely rude
tjdavid21444
Tim David -1
I still think that this was no accident. Somebody "important" was on that flight and had some reason for not wanting to go through customs.
tjdavid21444
Tim David -1
Great, just bloody great! Which one of our current regime's employees was on that flight? Valerie Jarret? John Holdren? Eric Holder? Joe Biden? John Boehner? Mitch McConnell?...
Bernie20910
Bernie20910 -4
Sounds more like a failure on the part of CBP than Delta. Delta is not charged with protecting our borders. CBP is.
ASUHornet
Erik Hatcher 3
Nope, not a CBP failure. Delta gate agents are responsible for meeting the plane at the gate. If CBP is at the gate to meet the plane, then that usually means something out of the ordinary has happened or there's a person of interest on board.

This has happened at Hartsfield in Atlanta before.
MikeMohle
Mike Mohle 1
Yeah, like our border with Mexico--they do a great job on that too.
Bernie20910
Bernie20910 1
Considering how bad it COULD be, yeah, they do.
MikeMohle
Mike Mohle -1
Come to the AZ border and say that.
btweston
btweston 9
No thanks. I prefer patches of sand that aren't racist and homophobic.
Bernie20910
Bernie20910 0
I'll be there in about six months. My wife is an Immigration supervisor who'll be taking over one of the field offices.
RECOR10
RECOR10 5
No bias there ;-)

At least they do a reputable job in a harsh thankless environment. TSA are just a joke with badges.

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