PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A man is facing federal charges after investigators said he got on an Air France flight in Phoenix Monday despite not having a valid boarding pass and then refused to get off the flight.
Court documents said Qais Ahmad Tillaw bought a ticket online around 2 p.m. for an Air France flight leaving the Valley. However, the airline canceled the boarding pass minutes later because of an “unauthorized credit card.”
He showed up at Phoenix Sky Harbor, ditched his rental car at Terminal 4, and headed to the TSA security checkpoint. The FBI said he made it through security despite not having a valid boarding pass…