The Airports Authority announces new security measures, days after a stowaway made it from Tel Aviv to Vienna without a passport or ticket. The 18-year-old passed through security at the airport but did not complete border control requirements.
According to new procedures that will soon be phased in, passengers will be required to present their boarding passes upon their entry to the terminal and during the first security check.
The authority notes that lines may be longer as these changes go into effect. The new policies are expected to be fully implemented over the course of next year, it says.
Hebrew media reports, meanwhile, that a 13-year-old who managed to board an El Al flight to the US this past October without a ticket or passport was again caught at the airport last night.
According to reports, the minor was noticed by security oficers at the terminal, prior to going through security. When the officers questioned him, the boy said he was there with his parents, then fled.
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