CAAB withdraw 10 personnel as minor sneaks security checking at HSIA

Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB)
today withdrew 10 officials and staffs as a minor boy managed to board a
flight of Kuwait Airlines without passport and boarding pass after dodging
the security at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at the early hour of
Tuesday.

Besides, a five-member probe body was also formed to investigate the whole
incident, CAAB Chairman Air vice Marshal M Mafidur Rahman told media today.

Group Captain Abu Saleh Mahmud Mannafi, Member (Security), CAAB will lead the
five-member probe body.

Proper legal steps will be taken after getting the probe report, the CAAB
chief said.

Meanwhile, CAAB in a press release said the child aged around 12 primarily
seemed mentally imbalance.

“By giving false information and mixing with the group passengers due to his
age, the boy managed to get inside the aircraft avoiding the attention of the
duty staff. Such an incident at an important place like an airport is
unexpected, undesirable and sad,” said the release.

A 12-year-old boy managed to evade all checks and board a Kuwait-bound plane
at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport early Tuesday.

The runaway boy from Gopalganj district had no passport, ticket or boarding
card. He was discovered only because he got on a completely sold-out flight,
according to airport police.

He was then handed over to the Airport Police Station.

The minor boy was handed over to his uncle Md Yusuf today who brought him to
their village home-Gopalganj. (BSS)