An Orlando woman who delayed an Oct. 5 Delta flight for three hours after she snuck on using selfies instead of government-issued identification blames the incident on airport staff and security.
Sylvia Rictor told Orlando station WKMG she purchased a ticket from a Delta Airlines kiosk at Orlando International Airport, then used cellphone pictures of herself to get through airport security and Delta staff at the gate and on the airplane.
“It’s their fault,” she told WKMG. “This is not my fault.”
But Rictor declined to produce evidence of the purchased ticket for WKMG reporters. Delta officials told the station tickets cannot be purchased from automated kiosks.
Rictor managed to make it through multiple levels of screening and onto the Atlanta-bound plane before another passenger complained she had taken her seat.
She initially told airline staff she had thrown out her boarding pass and claimed her selfies were “just as good” as an official ID, according to video obtained by Spectrum News 13.
Rictor was dragged off the plane after 45 minutes of arguing, but not arrested. An FBI investigation concluded Oct. 11 without any charges, according to WKMG.
Airport officials told the station that despite Rictor’s lack of boarding pass and proper ID, security was not breached because she was properly “screened.”
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