a 9-year-old boy hops a plane to las vegas, only thing is he had no boarding pass and no parents nearby. george howell has more on this bizarre story from minnesota. reporter: this is where it all started. a 9-year-old boy walked off a light rail car thursday and into the minneapolis airport with plans to travel, but no ticket. he passed through the security checkpoint and tsa screening, no problem. then he continued on to the g-concourse, specifically here at gate g-4, but it s still unclear exactly how he got past the ticket agent who was collecting tickets here. what we do know is this minor did board flight 1671 and traveled some 1300 miles to las vegas. officials say it wasn t until
concourse specifically here at gate g4 but it s still unclear exactly how he got past the ticket agent who was selecting tickets here. what we do know is this minor did board flight 1651, and traveled some 1,300 miles to las vegas. officials say it wasn t until the flight crew became suspicious because he was traveling alone and contacted las vegas metropolitan police who took the child into custody upon landing. i think they should take him to the tables and let him play a little because his luck was doing well, once he got to vegas. reporter: terry tripler says the whole thing highlights big gaps in security especially when it comes to children. if the 9-year-old children does not need identification, i can understand standing behind a family or the family is checking in and they re not aware that he s standing mind th ining beh
it s not rocket science. it s just common sense. from td ameritrade. picture the scene. a governor telling his staff he s going on an appalachian hiking trip. cut to the airplane. we see the governor getting out of his car. in the backseat we see his hiking gear left behind. flash to the governor giving the ticket agent his destination. surprise, it s not the appalachian trail. it s argentina. now flash to the governor in a romantic rendezvous with a mysterious woman. flash, the governor getting busted by a reporter. flash, the governor admitting to lying about his whereabouting and being unfaithful to his wife. sounds like a setup out of the show scandal , that is if it weren t the real life beginning to a story still unfolding. there was disgraced former south
the thing here, ali, the phony passenger, pilot was ticketed for coach and asked the ticket agent if there was room in first class. and he threw a fit and saying he hated americans and yet got on board the plane and didn t get into coach. with a fake air france uniform, a fake air france bag and fake i.d. went into the cockpit and told the pilot he was a 747 pilot. the captain kind of became suspicion when the fake pilot couldn t figure out how to open up the jump seat. and then the gate agent, who had the beef with this phony pilot at the gate came in. noticed he was in the jump seat and she called authorities when they asked for his i.d. he they turned out fake. they pulled him in. he s now charged with a bunch of things, but the cops are very concerned because the uniform was a bad fake and so was the i.d. listen to police. well, it s concerning because we don t to what his he designs were. i mean, he could be anything
you guys look normal to me. but have had friend that is came up to you and said what is wrong wuand said are you nuts, you want to shoot gunce? i have had people say what are you afraid of. i said i am not afraid. i am prepared for situations that i may face in my life. i do get responses, you shoot guns? yay, i would have never guessed that you were an action shooter. even in the airport when we check in our guns, the ticket agent said you shoot guns. yay, here they are right here. getting ready to be checked in. brook, your own personal experience covers this. but you have two children as well yeah. is there part of you that said i don t want to be a victim. a part that doesn t want to be a victim, but the other