Boy, 11, boards flight without passport, ticket or boarding pass

Del · July 25, 2012

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18979148

A major investigation is under way after an 11-year-old boy managed to board a flight for Rome from Manchester airport without a passport, ticket or boarding pass. It is understood he had earlier run away from home.

The boy got through a security screen by mingling with a family going through terminal 1 yesterday afternoon. He was discovered while the plane was in mid-air.

A number of airline staff have been suspended.

Russell Craig from Manchester Airport said they were taking the matter extremely seriously

BlueWeasel · July 25, 2012

Home Alone 2?

Titus Bramble · July 25, 2012

Fair play to the lad, he's got some balls!

ijjysmith · July 25, 2012

To be fair the lads done well here.

CallumGamble · July 25, 2012

Home Arome

The-Golden-Vision · July 25, 2012

I hope he got fined, the fair dodging little sh1tehawk!

ijjysmith · July 25, 2012

CallumGamble said:
Home Arome

Whilst that is a very good response, I can't help but feel that Rome Alone would have been better.

CallumGamble · July 25, 2012

ijjysmith said:
Whilst that is a very good response, I can't help but feel that Rome Alone would have been better.

I can't disagree with that

chicoazul · July 25, 2012

The lad done well there.

Welton Toffee · July 25, 2012

Well in lad, lad.

It's_Just_Not_Cricket · July 25, 2012

I'm surprised someone on twitter hasn't tried to dress it up as a wonderkid linked with everton...good on him though!

Woolly Blue · July 25, 2012

Some suit from jet2 (?) was being interviewed on the radio and he said "we're now starting to do head counts on all flights before take off".

Good job its not Ryanair, they'd probably charge extra for counting you.

chicoazul · July 25, 2012

They should be doing that anyway before take off surely.

bluejock · July 25, 2012

Jet2 are an utter shambles.

The Everton of budget airlines if you will.

Woolly Blue · July 25, 2012

chicoazul said:
They should be doing that anyway before take off surely.

That's what I thought, but apparently not. tbf I've seen trolley dollys on prooer airlines struggling to count beyond 20 so jet2 probably decided to save time by not bothering and just announcing over the tannoy "if anyone extra or missing is on board can they please press the call button after which we'll ignore you"

I probably heard the interview wrong but this has a better #fumefactor