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The airlines tell cnn during the flight the cabin crew became aware that one of the passengers boarded the incorrect flight and notify the pilot. as part of the security procedure, they say the pile in command decided to return to the originating airport where the passenger was disembarked. an aviation source tells me this was an administrative mix-up thats being is it explained, but its unclear what the mix-up up. though theyre not saying its a security breach, it does raise a question how does...

You get on the plane. many times the pilot says were going to, in this case, tokyo. if youre not bound for tokyo, now is the time to get off the plane. if there wasnt anything nefarious which you say there wasnt, did he wander onto the wrong jet bridge? >> and i dont want to speculate. as you point out, not only does the pilot often say this is where were headed but your boarding pass is scanned at the gate before you board the plane. >> theres that. >> so heres a couple things also kind of to p...

A code share. however, there was a second flight united flight 32 departing same airport, same time, same destination, that person was probably ticketed there. so why was not determined by the flight scanner we arent sure. because that is tied into tsa and the japanese government computers instantly. so when that passenger did not match the manifest, how long did it take to find it out? who figured it out? why werent they figured out earlier? its serious when that scanner that we rely on didnt a...

The airline is telling us this morning that during the flight the cabin crew became aware that one of the passengers boarded the incorrect flight and notified the pilot. as part of the airline security procedure, the pilot in command decided to return to the only nating airport where the passenger was disembarked. an aviation source tells me this is being characterized as an administrative mix-up. we strcht dont know what sort of mix-up, despite we all know that when you travel your boarding pas...

Administrative mix-up resolved. the scanner, when you check in is supposed to be programmed to screen passengers for every flight and tells the gate agent with a red light and buzzer, not a beep, not to board the passenger. that didnt happen, dont know why. that unauthorized passenger had a united taken. a & a and united are part of star alliance. they are the same flight, same plane, code share. there was a united flight departing to tokyo at the same time. its possible the passenger was confus...

Government, the faa, wouldnt let american planes fly over that territory. all right? because they knew that these terrorist separatists had these surface to it air missiles supplied by russia. american jets, were told, dont go over there why did the malaysian jet go? >> it was also a klm jet. it was a code share. because it was cleared for civil aviation, because they were cleared to fly above 8,000 feet. they did not expect that they would have a surface-to-air missile capable of hitting target...

i want you to see. one of them, a nascar superstar who will be racing next week in honor of the 9/11 pentagon victims. ryan newman will join me live from the atlanta motor speedway. also this morning, an exclusive. another comedian saying something he now has to policies for. katt williams is who were talking about, joining us live here on cnn, just minutes away, asking him about his controversial remark made about mexicans during a stand-up performance in phoenix. those comments have ...

christian. im straight. >> all right. as i hand this over to my friend, alina cho, the landscaper comment, he wouldnt apologize for that either. he says he apologizes for none of it. whoever put that statement out, that was not from him. so no apology. well have it up on cnn.com for folks. >> i saw it. >> interesting few minutes. im going to go watch you now. >> thank you, t.j. see you again tomorrow. >> see you soon. and thank you for joining us. im alina cho. our top story this hou...

Little perspective on this. united and continental airlines have announced a $3 billion merger today to create a worlds biggest airline. if the deal is approved, the massive coast to coast u.s. airline would fly under the name, united, and call chicago its home. the airline is expected that the consolidation could save them a billion bucks by 2013. tom parsons is the ceo of best fares. whats it going to do for passengers? >> well, again, i think its going to give some passengers the name recog...

Information online than they are getting over here on the monitors. a lot of flights are listed as cancelled but here at the american airlines departure board, well, not everything is accurate. american airlines is actually not having any flights until 10:00 out of laguardia. if you look at the board you will see on time for the 7:40 and 7:50 departures. similar problems for the united airlines board which talks about flights to houston. those are code share flights with continental which actual...