Stirring up the case of an 11-year-old girl who 'slipped through' Russian airport security

Russian authorities are urgently reviewing security measures at Moscow's Vnukovo airport after an 11-year-old girl passed through security checks without any problems.

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Having never flown before, the 11-year-old girl decided to “test her fate” and went to Vnukovo airport alone, trying to board a flight to St. Petersburg on April 25 without any documents.

She said she easily slipped through airport security checks by blending in with the crowd. In fact, security officers at Vnukovo Airport did not check her documents as she squeezed into a large family group. Rossiya Airlines staff, who operated the flight to St. Petersburg, did not notice or pay attention to the fact that she was traveling alone.

The incident has raised concerns about the level of security at Russian airports and domestic flights. According to RT news agency, officials of both the airline and Vnukovo airport are currently facing an investigation into the security breach.

As for the 11-year-old girl, after the plane landed at the airport in St. Petersburg, although she tried to follow the family she had followed at Vnukovo airport, she ended up getting lost and stuck in the airport waiting room until her relatives discovered she was missing after school. And then they learned that she was all the way at... St. Petersburg's Pulkovo airport after contacting her by phone.

The girl’s relatives had to ask airport staff to find her and transfer her to a child care organization to arrange for her return to her family in Moscow. Her mother told the media that she planned to sue and demand compensation from both Vnukovo Airport and Rossiya Airlines.

According to Dan Tri