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    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.


    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.

    "The boy had passed through a full security screening process and we are confident there was no threat to passengers, staff or the aircraft at any time," said Stewart McDonald, a spokesman for BAA, which operates Gatwick, Heathrow and five other major UK airports.

    BAA has launched an investigation into the incident, McDonald said Wednesday.

    The boy had run away from a care home in northwest England and boarded a plane for Lisbon at 6 a.m. on Monday before the other passengers, the UK's Press Association reported.

    His mother, who cannot be named because her son is in care, said she was stunned he evaded the security checks.

    "My worry is that if you have terrorists in these airports they could be looking round for someone who is vulnerable, and get them to take things on the planes for them," she told the Daily Mail.

    "What happened is frightening, especially given the state of alert we are supposed to be on at the moment. I want to know how on Earth he was able to get through to the plane and take his seat."

    The boy has now been returned to his care home after being held by police and picked up by social workers, PA reported.

    He is understood to have arrived at Gatwick by train -- unaccompanied and without a ticket, which he has apparently done on a number of occasions, the agency said.
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    Waauww. Harry Potter with the Invisibility cloak that makes its wearer invisible.

    "The boy had passed through a full security screening process and we are confident there was no threat to passengers, staff or the aircraft at any time,"
    Crap screening. What if that boy had intented to blow the aircraft, he could still had the chance to blow it up no matter what.

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