FLT ATTENDANT RPT REGARDING AN ATTEMPTED STOWAWAY DURING BOARDING OF A B727-200. SVC PERSONNEL AT ENTRANCE TO JETWAY BECAME SUSPICIOUS AND CONFRONTED THE PAX. POLICE WERE SUMMONED. ACFT WAS SEARCHED BEFORE DEP.

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PAX; WHO ATTEMPTED TO STOW AWAY; BOARDED THE ACFT WITHOUT A VALID BOARDING PASS. PAX SVCS PERSONNEL WERE OPERATING THE ELECTRONIC GATE READER FOR BOARDING OF THIS FLT. APPARENTLY; SOMETHING TRIGGERED THEIR SUSPICION AND A PAX SVC SUPVR CONFRONTED THE INDIVIDUAL ATTEMPTING TO STOW AWAY. THE INDIVIDUAL WAS ESCORTED OFF OF THE ACFT BY PAX SVC AND THEN BOLTED DOWN THE CONCOURSE. SHE WAS APPREHENDED BY PAX SVC AND DETAINED FOR QUESTIONING. THE POLICE WERE CALLED ONTO THE SCENE. FLT WAS DELAYED BECAUSE THE CAPT REQUESTED A THOROUGH SEARCH OF THE ACFT AND CARGO FOR POSSIBLE SABOTAGE/BOMB. AFTER THE ACFT WAS SEARCHED; IT WAS BROUGHT BACK TO THE GATE AT THE TERMINAL AND WE REBOARDED THE ACFT AND DEPARTED APPROX 2 HRS LATE. NO FLT ATTENDANT ON BOARD WAS DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH THE STOWAWAY. RPTS WERE FILED PER OUR PROC WITH THE EVENT CALL CTR. HUMAN PERFORMANCE CONSIDERATIONS: FLT ATTENDANT AND CABIN CREW WERE APPRECIATIVE OF THE CAPT'S DECISION TO HAVE THE ACFT SEARCHED. NEITHER FLT ATTENDANT NOR CABIN CREW HAD CONTACT WITH THE STOWAWAY. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED QUICKLY AND MOST OF THE ACTIVITY TOOK PLACE OFF OF THE ACFT WITH PAX SVC; LCL POLICE; SECURITY AND THE INDIVIDUAL ATTEMPTING TO STOW AWAY.