Might be good to link to the original article[0] directly since it’s by an independent news team.<p>0: <a href="https://www.404media.co/no-record-of-russian-economist-who-flew-to-lax-without-a-ticket-didnt-remember-how-he-got-here/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.404media.co/no-record-of-russian-economist-who-f...</a>
I'm reminded of the story where an outraged passenger confronts an airline worker saying "Do you know who I AM?!?" and the worker gets on the PA system and says "This person seems to have forgotten who he is, does anyone know?"
My favorite part is the bit about the crew member’s chocolate. For some reason I get a kick out of imagining a federal official diligently scribbling notes on a pad while a flight attendant confidently asserts that they <i>knew</i> this man was suspicious when he dared try to steal their chocolate.
Fascinating that, of all the international travel into LAX on a daily basis, the case of a single individual can be of note. That's a pretty good (known) error rate.
"Screen grabs of an unknown foreign city"...<p>I love this part.. I mean surely we should be able to figure out where that map is from.... but if we can't.... if it really doesn't exist... maybe this man is from an alternate universe.