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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 america's 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 it's unclear how he got past the ticket agent who w...

Here's george howell. >> reporter: this is where it all started. a 9-year-old boy walked off a light railcar thursday and into the minneapolis airport with plans to travel, but no ticket. he passed through the security checkpoints of tsa screening, no problem. then he continued on to the "g" concourse, specifically here at gate g-4. it's still unclear how he got past the ticket agent who is collecting tickets here. what we do know is this minor did board flight 261 and traveled 1600 miles to las vegas. officials say it wasn't until the flight crew became suspicious because he was traveling alo...

Should, about america's 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 it's 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 vegas. it wasn't until the flight crew became suspicious because he was traveling alone and contac...

Plans to travel but no ticket. he passed through the security checkpoint at tsa screening. no problem. then he continued onto the concourse, specifically here at gate g 4. it's still unclear exactly how he got past the ticket agent collecting tickets here. what we do know is this piern did board flight 161561 and traveled some 2,300 miles to las vegas. officials say it wasn't until the flight crew became suspicious because he was traveling alone and contacted las vegas metro pal tan police and took the child into custody upon landing. >> his luck was doing well. once he got to vegas. >> air tr...

Fly there from hearts field, jackson, or if i fly from o'hare, 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. it's 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 ticket. he passed through the security checkpoint at the tsa screening. no problem. then he contin...