Security breached at Beijing airport after family smuggles child onto flight

Speakers: Li Ningjing and Nillah Nyakoa  

[Photo: Baidu.com]

Security protocols at Beijing Capital International Airport are being questioned after a passenger was able to bypass all security checks and board a flight without a ticket recently.

An airport representative told the Beijing Youth Report that somehow a parent smuggled their child past security checkpoints and check-in registration, and was only discovered by the flight crew in the passenger cabin just before takeoff.

The extra passenger prompted the airport to undergo extra procedures, forcing all passengers to disembark and undergo security clearance for a second time while the plane underwent another security check.

As a result, the flight was delayed five hours.

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