Boy, 9, evades security toget on Las Vegas flight
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A BOY just nine years old passed through security at the Minneapolis/St Paul International Airport and flew on a Delta Air Lines plane to Las Vegas without a boarding pass.
It was not immediately clear why the child sneaked onto the flight last Thursday, but his action raised questions about airport and airline security.
“The story has a good ending because at least the flight crew took the appropriate actions and the child was returned safely,” said Pat Hogan, a Minneapolis airport spokesman. “Obviously the concern is how the child was able to go through the security screening process and board an airplane in the first place.”
The boy was screened at an airport checkpoint on Thursday morning and got on the Delta flight to Las Vegas.
Crew members became suspicious during the flight and contacted police in Las Vegas, Hogan said. Officers took him into custody when the plane landed.
Security video shows the boy was also at the airport on Wednesday.
The child, from Minneapolis, arrived on the light rail train that runs from the city’s downtown, took a bag from a luggage carousel, and brought it to a restaurant.
“He ordered lunch and ate it and then he told the wait staff he had to use the restroom,” Hogan said. “So he left the bag there, left the restaurant and never came back to pay.”
Hogan said he believed the child was back at home with his family. “It’s really unclear why he was going to Las Vegas,” he said.
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