SEATTLE — Hours before she boarded a flight to Honolulu without a ticket on Christmas Eve, the woman who has become known as the “ Delta stowaway ” walked through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport barefoot with a bottle of alcohol and got in line to board at least two other flights.

The person, who boarded the flight without a ticket, was detected as the plane was preparing to take off for Hawaii on Christmas Eve.

A person who managed to board a Delta Air Lines flight from Seattle to Honolulu on Christmas Eve was arrested after being found before takeoff.