Portland Adult Entertainment: Airport lets runaway on board
by kingofportlandCANBY, Ore. – A 14-year-old Canby boy was able to slip through security at Portland International Airport and board a flight to Chicago using his mother’s name and credit card.
Transportation Security Administration spokesman Dwayne Baird said that the boy – who is 6-foot-2 and weighs about 200 pounds – was asked by a TSA screener if his name was “Virginia,” the first name of the passenger listed on the ticket. The boy said yes, was allowed through security and made the flight.
Baird says part of the problem is that minors are not required to show identification to pass through security, although they must have a boarding pass and are screened like all other passengers.
Also, children 11 and older are not required to have an adult escort to the gate, and “there is no government-issued ID for a 14-year-old,” Baird told the Oregonian newspaper.