A Russian man flew from Copenhagen to Los Angeles final month with out a passport, visa, ticket, or any file that he was ever on the flight, in accordance with courtroom information.
In response to an affidavit, federal officers stated that Sergey Vladimirovich Ochigava, a Russian-Israeli twin nationwide, traveled from Copenhagen on Scandinavian Airlines and landed at Los Angeles Worldwide Airport (LAX) on Nov. 4 at 1 p.m., with out a airplane ticket or the correct identification.
The criticism states that when Ochigava introduced himself for entry on the Customs and Border Safety (CBP) checkpoint at LAX, CBP officers found that he was not a listed passenger on the flight manifest for SK 931, or some other incoming worldwide flight.
In response to the flight crew, most of them noticed Ochigava on the flight, saying that he wandered across the airplane and stored altering his seat. Along with his seat hopping, he allegedly requested for 2 meals throughout every meal service, and at one level tried to eat the chocolate that belonged to members of the cabin crew, the affidavit said.
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Basic views of the LAX signal at Los Angeles Worldwide Airport on Sept. 15, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Photographs)
The crew members stated that they didn’t see his boarding cross however did notice that the seat he initially took throughout boarding was purported to be an unoccupied seat.
In response to the report, some members of the crew performed head counts for his or her particular sections, however solely to ensure that the plane was balanced for takeoff and touchdown. One member of the cabin crew stated that it seemed like Ochigava was making an attempt to speak to different passengers on the flight, however many of the passengers ignored him.
When questioned, the report stated that Ochigava gave false and deceptive details about his journey to the US, together with initially telling officers that he left his U.S. passport on the airplane.
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It was found that Ochigava didn’t have a passport however as an alternative had Russian identification playing cards and an Israeli identification card. He additionally had a partial {photograph} of the passport on his telephone exhibiting his title, date of delivery, and passport quantity, however the photograph didn’t present the passport holder’s {photograph}, in accordance with the report.
FBI Agent Caroline Walling, who filed the criticism, shared particulars from an interview with Ochigava from Nov. 5.
Scandinavian airline SAS plane are parked on the tarmac throughout the pilot strike, at Copenhagen Airport, on July 18, 2022. (Liselotte Sabroe/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP)
“Ochigava had a Ph. D in economics and marketing. He last worked as an economist in Russia a long time ago. He claimed he had not been sleeping for three days and did not understand what was going on. Ochigava stated he might have had a plane ticket to come to the United States, but he was not sure,” Walling wrote. “He did not remember how he got on the plane in Copenhagen. He also would not explain how or when he got to Copenhagen or what he was doing there. When asked how he got through security in Copenhagen, Ochigava claimed he did not remember how he went through security without a ticket.”
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A technician works aboard a SAS Airbus A320neo at Kastrup Airport, July 4, 2022. (TT Information Company/Johan Nilsson through REUTERS)
Ochigava is dealing with prices of being a stowaway on plane, in accordance with the criticism.
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“Ochigava is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center pending trial, currently scheduled for Dec. 26 but subject to change. Our investigation is ongoing,” an FBI agent instructed Fox Information Digital.
Scandinavian Airways was not instantly out there for remark.
