Posted on 12/20/2010 8:49:31 AM PST by outpostinmass2
THE DEATH of Delvonte Tisdale was haunting enough. Authorities believe the 16-year-old stowed away in the wheel well of a US Airways jet in Charlotte and then plummeted to the ground in Milton as the plane dropped its landing gear on approach to Logan Airport. But how he got on board raises fresh questions about airport security — or the continuing lack thereof.
Tweet Be the first to Tweet this!0diggsdiggYahoo! Buzz ShareThis Last month, as public outrage was approaching the boiling point over the alleged indignity of full-body scanners and pat-downs, and just two weeks after package bombs nearly made their way onto US-bound jets, the troubled 16-year-old boy sneaked out of home in the middle of the night and made his way 18 miles to Charlotte’s international airport. Once there, he managed what should be impossible in the post-9/11 era: He either sneaked past regular security, climbed over a barbed-wire fence, or perhaps hitched a ride on a vehicle with security clearance, with no one seeing him. He then somehow got onto the tarmac, with no one seeing him. Finally, he climbed up into the landing-wheel well of a jet, with no one seeing him. Norfolk County District Attorney William Keating rightfully said, “If that was a terrorist, that could be a bomb planted on there undetected.’’
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An aside from the odd molestation at Milton Academy, there is not much going on there this time of year.
How did he get in? He wasn’t a ticket-holding passenger trying to get to his gate. TSA hasn’t thought about that possibility yet.
I read an article a while back quoting his mother who said he was afraid of heights.
He was in an airbus.
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