Officials are trying to figure out if a man really snuck past security at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and boarded a Delta Air Lines flight without a ticket.
Passengers on the flight reported the incident to several media outlets, but the Transportation Security Administration said there was no record of such an incident, and Atlanta police did not record an arrest at the airport.
Delta declined comment but said it was cooperating in an ongoing investigation.
According to a WSB-TV reporter who talked to a passenger on the flight, the suspect was able to get all the way to the gate and actually board the flight without a ticket.
The passenger claims fellow travelers had no idea what was happening until the pilot said he was returning to the gate.
"I was like, 'Oh Lord, I hope there's not a bomb on the plane,'" the passenger told the station.
When the plane returned to the gate, the witness said police and TSA agents boarded the plane and removed the man.
The pilot announced that everyone would have to get off the plane so it could be taken to a remote location to be searched, according to the TV station. But crews determined there was no threat and the flight eventually took off.
"I was concerned," the passenger told WSB-TV. "I was also concerned about the fact that, if he could sneak on a plane like that, what else could be snuck on a plane that could cause harm to passengers?"
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