(UK) Boy, 12, evades security clampdown

[im10ashus]

Nice to know they are doing their jobs.

LONDON, England -- Despite a high level of alert at British airports, a 12-year-old boy managed to board a plane at Gatwick without a passport, ticket or boarding pass.

Tuesday's incident has raised concerns over security procedures in the wake of an alleged plot to blow up planes on trans-Atlantic flight.

The boy was detected by member of the Monarch Airlines cabin crew only after he was seated and had been given a drink and a snack.

He was removed from the plane by police officers before the flight took off.

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http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/08/16/uk.terror.boy/index.html

[RonHack]

1. LOL!

Sounds like our current airport security as well: it stops the law-abiding, but the free-spirited rebel can ignore it at no peril.

Recommended!

[saltpoint]

2. This must be the same 12-year old who met with Mohammed Atta

in that Czech cafe ONLY WEEKS BEFORE 9/11 .

Let's all call Dick Cheney's office to alert him to the news.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

3. Is anybody really surprised that a determined 12 year old is able to

sneak past and outsmart a bunch of adults? I'm not.

[im10ashus]

8. I'm not.

I did it all the time when I was 12. :evilgrin:

[im10ashus]

9. Oops!

Dupe.

:hide:

[MadHound]

4. Ah yes, just see how well that security systems works.

Yup, shoe searches, liquid snatching, bag pawing, and yet a twelve year old boy can board the plane and get a drink and snack with nobody the wiser. Yup, we sure are safer now.:banghead: But the real purpose of this whole fiasco is still a success, they've managed to succesfully strip us all of a bunch of our civil rights. So Bush and Blair consider it a double plus good success:banghead:

[Dragonbreathp9d]

5. By police officers?

Is this like that 9 yr old that was arrested for terroristic threats?

[joneschick]

6. so the kid just walked into 1st class and took a seat?

that's the only place I know of that you get a drink and a snack before leaving the runway. Just walk on like you belong there and no one in first class would be questioned. gotta love it. LOL

[Nye Bevan]

7. McCauley Culkin did it in "Home Alone 2"

I suspect that what happened here was similar; everyone assumed he was with a nearby adult.