perimeter well enough to prevent an incident like this one. >> reporter: the airport spokeswoman in san jose says that facility exceeds all security requirements, and has an excellent track record. the tsa is assisting the airport in its investigation. if this young man pulled this off he would have beaten pretty long odds. according to the faa since 1947, 105 people attempted to stow away in wheelwells are planes all over the world arnold 80 of them have died. brian todd, cnn, chantilly, virginia. and this raises many questions about airport security. cnn aviation analyst mary schiavo joins me from charleston, south carolina. formerly with the ntsb. good morning, mary. >> good morning. good to be with you, carol. >> nice to have you here. so there was a gap in security? who's responsible for keeping people from scaling fences outside of airports? >> well, the airport is, and the airport is responsible and has to report to both the federal aviation administration and the tsa, and apparently even though