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Boy, 11, slips through airport security, nearly boards plane without ticket

Transportation Security Administration officials are trying to find out how a child got past security and nearly got on a flight without a ticket.

ATLANTA — The Transportation Security Administration is trying to figure how a boy was able to slip through airport security without a ticket. The boy was caught as he was just about to board a plane.

The TSA told WSBTV that the boy got past the initial ID checkpoint, was screened and then ran when screeners asked where his parents were.

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Sources told Jones that the 11-year-old was able to blend in with a family as they were getting ready to board a plane. Security officers found the boy at the gate.

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