Portland Escorts: Canby runaway slips through airline security using mom’s name
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Canby runaway slips through airline security using mom’s name
October 05, 2009, 11:00AM
A 14-year-old Canby runaway was able to get on-board a flight to Chicago using his mother’s name and credit card.
Dwayne Baird, a spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration, said minors are not required to show identification to pass through security. He said they must show a boarding pass and are screened like all other passengers.
Minors between 11 and 17 are not required to have an adult escort to the gate.
“Part of the problem is that children at that age fly all the time and there is no government issued ID for a 14-year-old,” he said.
Baird said a screener asked the boy if his name was Virginia – the first name of the passenger listed on the ticket – and he said, “Yes.”