DUB - Man boards plane without a passport or boarding pass

[Sober Lark]

"A man made it through Dublin Airport and boarded an airplane without a passport or boarding pass in a major security breach on Monday night.

Abdul Ahmead (48) was fined €700 after boarding the Aer Lingus flight to Birmingham at Dublin Airport without a boarding pass or a passport.

He was charged with trespassing with intent to commit an offence and with failure to produce a valid passport or similar document as a non-national in the State.

He was fined €350 for each charge.

Ahmead was able to pass through security screening at Terminal 2 and pass airline staff at the gate and board the airplane despite not having a boarding pass or passport.

Boarding passes at Terminal 2 are checked manually by a staff member, as opposed to an automated system in Terminal 1."

[Asturias56]

well he was caught so the system eventually worked

[jolihokistix]

Could have been going on for years and this bloke was just unlucky to get caught. Years ago I saw someone sneaking back through the exit corridor there completely unchecked.

[confused atco]

2 for 2.
He tried again and was caught again.

[Sober Lark]

Aer Lingus seem to be the only airline at DUB that double check your boarding pass when you board at DUB.

Suppose this person wasn’t spotted? If his only intention was to travel to Birmingham and nothing more sinister would he have been caught by security/passport control in UK?

[BCALBOY]

You don’t need a passport to travel from Ireland to U.K.

[LTNman]

Did he arrive in the U.K. from France without a passport?

[Cazza_fly]

Originally Posted by Sober Lark

Aer Lingus seem to be the only airline at DUB that double check your boarding pass when you board at DUB.

Suppose this person wasn’t spotted? If his only intention was to travel to Birmingham and nothing more sinister would he have been caught by security/passport control in UK?

As flights between the Ireland and the UK are classed as within the CTA - Common Travel Area, then he may have been met by UK Police / Special Branch checking IDs on arrival. However, this is not mandatory and usually only takes place randomly or when a name is flagged up in their systems. It is just left to the airlines check-in / boarding agents to check valid ID against the boarding passes on these routes.

Generally though, when arriving into Ireland from the UK, a Border agent has always checked a document. Note, legally this does not have to be a passport on these routes, just a valid I.D.