Little boy on his way to Sin City

-  Emma Lacey-Bordeaux
- October 6, 2013
- http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/06/us/vegas-flight-child/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

A 9 year old boy traveled Thursday on flight 1651, a Boeing 757 from Minneapolis to Las Vegas, without a boarding pass and completely alone. How did this little boy get through security and onto the flight? Transportation Security Administration has been investigating this unusual event. Patrick Hogan, spokesperson for the Minneapolis International Airport, said that during the flight the crew began to wonder of the child's circumstance. In Hogan's statement, he says that upon arrival in Nevada the boy was turned over to Child Protective Services. Fortunately, the crew was able to take appropriate action of this situation, ensuring the child's safety. Delta is working with authorities and has taken the incident extremely seriously. Delta's normal procedure for children between the ages of 5 to 14 can travel alone, but they are well supervised by a Delta  employee. The airport officials have reviewed the footage and believe that the boy had no ticket to board the plane, he also spent a lot of time in the airport before boarding the plane to Vegas. This young boy spent over a day in the airport, passing his time by picking up luggage from the carousal and taking it to the food court, later ditching the bags by asking a worker to watch it while he went to the restroom. A young boy, all alone, ditching luggage, failed to grab any workers attention. Hogan says, the fact that the fact that the child's action was not detected until he boarded a plane is very concerning. This may have been a first for Minneapolis, but it is not something that has never happened before. For many, the biggest question is, where are this boy's parents and why did they not notice his disappearance?