A boy approaches a Delta plane without boarding card

An 11-year-old boy in Atlanta managed airport security and nearly boarded a Delta Air Lines plane, all without a boarding pass or plane ticket, several sources reported. .

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that on Friday afternoon, November 16, an 11-year-old boy left his home in Clayton County to travel to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, where he then went through a transport safety agency. Control (TSA) without a boarding pass or ticket and attempted to board a Delta Air Lines aircraft.

According to WSB-TV 2 Atlanta, the boy tried to board the plane by merging as a member of a family. This is only when the family said they did not know the boy that he had taken off before being caught.

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In a statement to Business Insider, Sari Koshetz, TSA spokesperson, said: "Our policemen guarded the boy before he entered the checkpoint, while he was at the checkpoint and after his Our officer asked him where his parents were, he left the checkpoint, we worked with the Department of Aviation and Police to make sure it was well located and safe. . "

WSB-TV 2 Atlanta reports that Koshetz stated that the child was not required to present a piece of identity at the security checkpoint as he was a minor.

Whatever the case may be, CBS 46 reports that it is a Delta employee who alerted the police once it was clear that the miner was trying to get on the plane.

Business Insider contacted Delta Air Lines for comments, but did not get an answer.

According to Atlanta Police spokesman Carlos Campos, at around 5 pm, "police officers were called to the Atlanta Lines Police by a Delta Air Lines employee stating that". an unaccompanied 11-year-old had tried to board one of their planes without a boarding pass and the officers spoke with the boy to make an effort to locate his family. "

WSB-TV 2 Atlanta indicates that the boy is now back home with his mother and that he told sources that he had taken a bus to the airport because he "just wanted to leave".