G Concourse News Today

Concourses. i want you to walk with me. i want to show you exactly what this means. miami international airport is a very big airport. six concourses. g is the one that is closed. tsa tells us normally they have about 40 people call in sick and right now theyre seeing those numbers increase to 80. all of those flights, because of that, have been reassigned and you dont see any g flights leaving from the g concourse in this flight information center here. and what weve learned, ana, is not only i...

A nine year old boy snuck past several layers of security, actually got on a flight from minneapolis to las vegas. he had no ticket, he found an empty seat, he sat down. this is raising questions as it should, about americas security in airlines. >> reporter: this is where it all started. a nine 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, no problem. then he continued on to the ...

Should, about americas security in airlines. >> reporter: this is where it all started. a nine 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, no problem. then he continued on to the g concourse, specifically here at gate g 4. but its unclear how he got past the ticket agent who was collecting tickets here. what we do know is this minor board boarded flight 1651 and traveled to las ...

Fly there from hearts field, jackson, or if i fly from ohare, it is a routine rigorous system. you go through a process where you raise your arms and take off your i.d. and your belt and shoes. its what you have to do. in fact, there are three different levels of security that proved to be nothing to a 9-year-old boy who seemed to outsmart the system. 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 ...

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 its still unclear ...

Plane is still steaming over this one. 9-year-old boy gets through airport security without a ticket or parents with tickets or i.d.s. he sailed through security and managed to get on a plane and fly to the land of what happens in veigh dpas stays in vegas. george howell is at the minneapolis-st. paul international airport to tell us how this happened. good morning. >> reporter: carol thats the question. how did it happen? you know the routine out here you get to the airport, take off your belt,...