<p>The passenger -- one of 75 on board -- was cleared by the FBI at Jacksonville International Airport and permitted to continue on the flight to Colombia, the Transportation Security Administration said.<br /><br />In Friday's incident, the government was expected to investigate how the passenger was allowed to board the plane before being positively deemed safe.<br />An airline is not supposed to issue a boarding pass to a person on the government's no-fly list.<br /><br />It was not immediately clear whether the passenger, who was not identified, went through additional screening in Newark before boarding the plane.<br /><br />The airlines do not have any information other than the names on the list. Some airlines already have moved to a new identification programme, called Secure Flight. All domestic carriers are expected to move to the new programme by March.</p>
<p>The passenger -- one of 75 on board -- was cleared by the FBI at Jacksonville International Airport and permitted to continue on the flight to Colombia, the Transportation Security Administration said.<br /><br />In Friday's incident, the government was expected to investigate how the passenger was allowed to board the plane before being positively deemed safe.<br />An airline is not supposed to issue a boarding pass to a person on the government's no-fly list.<br /><br />It was not immediately clear whether the passenger, who was not identified, went through additional screening in Newark before boarding the plane.<br /><br />The airlines do not have any information other than the names on the list. Some airlines already have moved to a new identification programme, called Secure Flight. All domestic carriers are expected to move to the new programme by March.</p>