The Transportation Security
Administration officials said they are still trying to
figure out how he did it. CNN reports
Patrick Hogan, a spokesman for Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, said the crew of Delta Flight 1651 "became suspicious of the child's circumstances" during the flight from Minneapolis to Las Vegas. Crew members got in touch with authorities in Las Vegas and turned the boy over to Child Protective Services, Hogan said in a statement.
"Fortunately, the flight crew took appropriate actions to ensure the child's safety, so the story does have a good ending," he said. Delta said it takes the incident "very seriously" and is working with authorities.
The boy, a runaway from the Twin Cities, spent a good amount of time at the airport before boarding the plane, KARE said. He was there the day
before, the station reported, citing airport officials. He passed his
time by taking luggage from a carousel, bringing it to an airport eatery
and then ditching it, asking a server to watch the bag "while he went
to the restroom."
The following day the child took the train to the airport, cleared security and made it to Las Vegas nearly without detection.
"Obviously, the fact that the child's actions weren't detected until he was in flight is concerning," Hogan wrote. Still, 33 million people travel through Minneapolis' airport every year, he noted. "I don't know of another instance in my 13 years at the airport in which anything similar has happened," he said.
A flight security expert said it's very concerning that the child made it through several security checks
"All of this (security) since 9/11 has been to keep us safe. And it has, but still we have gaping holes, and this is a perfect example of it," Terry Trippler of ThePlaneRules.com told KARE.
Na wah!
ReplyDeleteAtleast d sharp boi boarded d plane..if na Naija na storeway d boi go enter
DeleteAhhhh! Nd am very sure he is not a Nigerian! What is it with all dese young children??? Dont get it sha!
ReplyDeleteKids on d run......lol
ReplyDeletehmmmm he learnt from the masters.
ReplyDeleteAtleast we now know insecurity at the airport is not just a Nigeria phenomenon.
~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA3310
Haaaa....na Naija spirit dey inside am....He is a smart kid for having beat the security!
ReplyDeleteLata dy will.say naija is.nt secure..lolz..can imagine deir faces goin red @ ds embarrasimg ish...
ReplyDeleteLata dy will.say naija is.nt secure..lolz..can imagine deir faces goin red @ ds embarrasimg ish...
ReplyDeleteDude wants to go n gamble or wat
ReplyDelete#mouth open#...wow.
ReplyDeleteLinda please ask if the US govt gave him schorlaship like Nigerian govt who don't know where to channel their money!
ReplyDeleteShd ℓ̊ say γφυ're stupid foя̩ wн@† yφυ said? N! Yφυ Just need † be oriented. Did yφυ read d boy's background story?? ℓ̊ support the govt foя̩ given him schorlaship.
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Delete@miss gemini....u r such a fool...
DeleteSmart boy
ReplyDeleteWill they give him scholarship?
ReplyDeleteThis happen everywhere not only in naija,just that the stories are different and many have escape it
ReplyDeleteas e dey happen for naija,e dey happen for yankee..lol,these kids#BadoLounSoro
ReplyDeleteSmart brains being born everyday, security loopholes have to be discovered from this.
ReplyDeleteLmao this stuff is now trending 4 kids
ReplyDeleteTom cruise
ReplyDeleteSharp boy
ReplyDeleteI guess its not exclusively a Nigerian thing then.
ReplyDeleteKids are becoming smarter,thanks to the internet and TV.
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ReplyDeleteMake dem trace dat boy lineage,I sure say e come from warri,lol...well what a smart kid...
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ReplyDeleteMake dem trace dat boy lineage,I sure say e come from warri,lol...well what a smart kid...
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ReplyDeleteThis tiny boys cant be underestimated these days. All of them doing the unthinkables
ReplyDeleteSee Hot Gist
wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
ReplyDeleteWow! That is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteD boy is a learner,Nigerian kids are doing dat already....ODDYWAY
ReplyDeleteInspired by Daniel!
ReplyDeleteOnly God knws wat little children of our tim are turning into...more clever....I beg dis one na double honour and many award......
ReplyDeleteay-prudent
Same crime happens all over the world. Name it, breaking rules, injustice, terrorism, rape, fraud, bad government, fake prophets, gangsters, prostitution, cheap quality product, child plain snickers etc. Now naija LIB pals shouldn't nail our airport security officers bcos of the edo child or other airport crime cos America being the world most perfect security country have failed to detect theirs. Cheers. Engr Emy
ReplyDeleteHmmm
ReplyDeleteObviously the boy was inspired by the 9ja boy. So America dey make dis kind mistake .@ lyndalicious say so
ReplyDeleteGod has to come now if not he won't see anybody when he comes,hw on earth is human beings turning to somtin unimaginable.........God saves us from destruction......Loooool EVOLUTION TINZ.Lilly pls post
ReplyDeleteHmmmm. Na wah oh. Its like dats what's in vogue nw. Lill children hopping on planes.
ReplyDeleteThey don do am 4 naija jor!!
ReplyDelete9years? Am speechless
ReplyDeleteD boy must have been reading naija news,probably LIB....he must have seen ao d naija stowaway was treated like a hero.lol. It's not only our airport security dat's porous afterall
ReplyDeleteThe child was not harassed or handed to the police. But in a similiar case in Nigeria, the boy was beaten, handed to d police & even his poor mother was dragged out of her poor home n harrased, if not beaten.
ReplyDeletenaija! God have mercy.
Na wa o...so dis one D̶̲̥̅̊ø̲̣̣n̶̲̥̅̊ turn 2 d trend...4 any 'maltreated child' 2 try 2 escape by plane 2 anoda city...Mothers/ guardians of these children should be arrested 4 neglect and these children taken 4 rehabilitation and counselling...Let's stop celebrating them nd making dem appear lyk celebs cos other children will soon follow suit...#Prichi
ReplyDeleteIts america,so d world will make a huge deal out of it!!! Abegi! *ONYX GODWIN*
ReplyDeleteWOW...i think say na we dey learn from yankee! Now dey don dey copy us too.
ReplyDeletehmm, who is copyin who? 9ja or yanki?
ReplyDeletethem don dey copy naija oooooo
ReplyDeleteHehehe...Chai...Dem de jealous 9ja...
ReplyDeleteOya make una come give am scholarship. Gban
ReplyDeleteSmart kid
DeleteCelebrity sex scandal revealed here
Another Daniel of Nigeria. Smart dudes.
ReplyDeleteNow wev all seen dat nigeria isn't d only country that has lick holes wen it comes to security...worst a nine year old..that kid must be as smart as ..@rosycion
ReplyDeleteWhich hole u dey lick biko?
Deletemen daniel is a big role model even 2 kids in d US. Dey re nw copyin us not us copyin dem
ReplyDeletemen daniel is a big role model even 2 kids in d US. Dey re nw copyin us not us copyin dem
ReplyDeletemen daniel is a big role model even 2 kids in d US. Dey re nw copyin us not us copyin dem
ReplyDeleteWell this stowaways,I guess the stories are all over the world. Nigeria is leading. Lol
ReplyDeleteOikhena is the Moses..
ReplyDeleteThe US 9 yr old, the Joshua
Lets see if they will be gullible and give him a scholarship. . Smh
ReplyDeleteThis boy actually boarded the plane he did not hide somewhere in the plane like the naija kid
ReplyDeleteAmerican security is all hype.
ReplyDeleteSharp guy
ReplyDeletechildren can travel without ticket lol. Dis one too need scholarship. Lol.
ReplyDeletewounderful
ReplyDeleteI pry d terorist wunt use dis as a chanel one day
ReplyDeleteThink these youngsters shld b stopped from watching action movies.
ReplyDeleteJst 4 words.. kids are not smiling...
ReplyDeleteNow we see its not just a nigerian issue......this kids how they think ,it baffles me
ReplyDeleteHe Learnt from our own boy
ReplyDeleteDaniel is a role model.
ReplyDeleteSmart kid
ReplyDeleteSharp boy
ReplyDeletenice 1 dude, he modify wat seens difficult for Daniel 2 do, that shows how porous our human security could be. God security is the surest.
ReplyDeleteCan't stop laughing abeg! But wait o,kids of nowadays ehn now too sharp hian!
ReplyDeletethe only thing missing here is a scholarship, he would have been "lucky" if he was a Nigerian stowaway.... we make stowaway celebrities here o! dining with governors etc... shame
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