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WTF? How did this woman fly to the UK with no ticket or Passport?

A 66-year-old American woman has developed a bizarre addiction to sneaking onto flights without a boarding pass or passport.

A 66-year-old American woman has developed a bizarre addiction to sneaking onto flights without a boarding pass or passport.

Marilyn Hartman’s most recent stowaway attempt at Chicago O’Hare International Airport saw her bypass security officers and gate agents to successfully board a British Airways flight from Chicago to London.

Initially, she tried to board a flight to Connecticut by attempting to conceal herself behind another passenger. The gate agent spotted her and thwarted her plan. Undeterred by this, she went on to sleep overnight at the airport and catch a shuttle bus to the international gate the next morning.

Using the same tactic as the day before she managed to make her way onto a flight to Heathrow Airport in London, where she was ultimately detained by British customs and sent back to the US.

She has since been charged with one count of theft and one misdemeanour for trespassing.

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It is by no means Hartman’s first attempt at free riding. She is an old hand.

According to the New York Times, she successfully stowed away on a flight from San Jose to Los Angeles in 2014. The year after she travelled illegally from Minnesota to Florida and was also detained after trying to bypass airport security twice in Chicago. In 2016 she faced two years’ probation and six months house arrest after attempting the same behaviour yet again at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.

The woman who has a history of mental illness has been told to undergo psychological treatment and stay away from the airport.

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Are you surprised this woman has made it onto so many flights without a ticket?