British boy, 11, sneaks onto Rome flight without passport, ticket

A pie in the face of UK's security as the Olympics get underway. Not very comforting.

This was an outgoing flight from Manchester, not an incoming flight to London Heathrow, so no soldiers or marines on duty. Yes a slip-up in security, but unrelated to the Olympics security measures.

Of course this never happens in any other country... I mean people getting onto flights without tickets and passports... it could never happen in, say, America...

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/30/travel/security-bypassed/index.html

Good call Thunderbird2, but the boy made it all the way to Rome! The man in the incident you brought up was caught and arrested.

Friend of mine flew from Israel to Europe, changed planes and flew to Miami with no ticket without getting spotted. I even watched her get on a bus without a ticket and the driver collecting tickets at the door never even noticed.

There must be some trick to making yourself invisible, as TokyoGas said above.

This kid has some serious Ninja skills.

As long as you look like you belong in the place you are at, officials will smile and wave you on.

Must have been a shocker for the mother..

The boy went through full security screening

The fact that he did not have a passport or a ticket seems to suggest a less than full security screening.

I watched a documentary on this a few years back.

The kid in Rome will probably hide out in a big toy store and concoct a series of elaborate yet hilarious booby-traps to ensnare two bumbling thieves bent on revenge.

When I was young, my concept of running away was packing a back-pack full of Barbies and going next door to play without telling my parents. This kid took it to a whole new level! Reminds me of a new 'Home Alone' movie!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/aviation/9425348/Security-probe-launched-as-boy-11-sneaks-onto-Rome-jet-without-ticket-or-passport.html This must have been every kids dream. They should make a movie. Runaway from mom, travel a short distance from the shopping centre to the airport, go through something like 5 check points, crew missed checking him at the gate, crew missed him as he boarded, and missed him on a final head count. Only reason he got caught was talking to other passengers about running away. I supposed he would have been caught at Rome but who knows....

He doesn't need a passport. And why you can't buy your ticket later at arrival ?