by Donald Wood
Last updated: 11:22 AM ET, Wed December 27, 2017
A plane traveling to Japan was forced to turn around after an unauthorized person was discovered onboard the flight.
According to ABC7.com, All Nippon Airways Flight ANA175 was en route from Los Angeles International Airport to Narita International Airport when attendants discovered one of the passengers boarded the wrong plane.
Crew members informed the captain of the issue, who called for an emergency landing at the origin airport as part of the airline's security procedure. Once the plane landed safely in Los Angeles, almost eight hours after its departure, police boarded the flight and removed the unauthorized passenger.
One of the passengers onboard, model Chrissy Teigen, live-tweeted the incident:
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Remaining passengers were also forced to leave the plane, but were put on a new flight and took off for their destination in Tokyo Wednesday morning.
"ANA is researching the situation currently to determine how the passenger boarded the flight," an All Nippon Airways spokesperson said in a statement. "ANA would like to express its apologies to the passengers for the inconvenience. We take great pride providing exemplary customer service, and on this flight we failed to do so."
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