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Old 6th Apr 2023, 17:41
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No immigration control entering US from a transatlantic flight

This sounds fun!

https://onemileatatime.com/news/nors...k-immigration/

On Tuesday, passengers on a Norse Atlantic Airways flight from Paris to New York accidentally weren’t sent through the immigration and customs facility. This happens from time to time, but it’s extremely rare. Passengers were then asked to report to JFK the following morning.
Having recently flown Paris to JFK myself I can imagine the bliss of being able to bypass immigration, but this soon pales into insignificance in the light of being summoned back to the airport first thing the next morning. What about anyone on a connecting flight?

Does anybody have any insights into how this happened, how often it happens, and what the consequences might be if you failed to turn up back at the airport the next morning?
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