LISTENING

People were commenting online recently about at 11 years old boy from Manchester in
England, who flew to Rome on his own. He was out shopping with his mother at a shopping
Centre near Manchester Airport, and while she was busy looking at something, he slipped
away and walked into the airport. Of course he had no money or anything, he was only 11
years old, but he followed a family who were going on holiday and no one noticed him-
everyone thought he was part of that family.

Incredibly, he managed to get through security. It seems that no one noticed he didn’t have a
boarding pass, and they even let him get on the plane. Normally, of course, they check your
boarding pass when you get on, but I guess they just thought he was with the family. Anyway,
they let him on and he found an empty seat somewhere. They normally count the passengers
to make sure they’ve got the right number, but it seems either they didn’t do it this time or
they didn’t do it properly, so the plane took off and he flew to Rome. Then luckily, when he got
to Rome they found out he was on his own without a passport and they put him on the next
flight back to Manchester. Naturally, his mother was extremely worried about him and she
complained about it. Both the airline and the airport admitted it was their fault straight away
and they promised to look at their security. And they even offered her a free flight. It’s
incredible that the managed to get through all the airport security controls without them
noticing. But apparently, it happens quite often, and it’s nearly always boys of about that age,
between 11 and 14, who want to go on a plane.

LINSTENING

La gente comentaba en línea recientemente acerca de un niño de 11 años de Manchester en

Increíblemente, logró pasar la seguridad. Parece que nadie se dio cuenta de que no tenía una
tarjeta de embarque, e incluso lo dejaron subir al avión. Normalmente, por supuesto, revisan
tu tarjeta de embarque cuando subes, pero supongo que solo pensaron que estaba con la
familia. De todos modos, lo dejaron entrar y encontró un asiento vacío en alguna parte.
Normalmente cuentan a los pasajeros para asegurarse de que tienen el número correcto, pero
parece que esta vez no lo hicieron o no lo hicieron correctamente, por lo que el avión despegó
y él voló a Roma. Luego, afortunadamente, cuando llegó a Roma descubrieron que estaba solo
sin pasaporte y lo subieron al siguiente vuelo de regreso a Manchester. Naturalmente, su
madre estaba extremadamente preocupada por él y se quejó de ello. Tanto la aerolínea como
el aeropuerto admitieron que fue su culpa de inmediato y prometieron vigilar su seguridad. E
incluso le ofrecieron un vuelo gratis. Es increíble que haya logrado pasar todos los controles de
seguridad del aeropuerto sin que ellos lo noten. Pero aparentemente, sucede con bastante
frecuencia, y casi siempre son niños de aproximadamente esa edad, entre 11 y 14 años, los
que quieren ir en avión.
READING

13-year-old boy drives to airport and flies across USA.

Kenton Weaver is 13 years old and has no photo ID. But that didn’t stop him from stealing his
father’s car in the middle of the night, driving more than 20 miles to a Florida airport and
taking two connecting flights to San José, California. “I really enjoyed it,” said Kenton.
Kenton’s mother, Kim Casey, lives just half and hour from San José airport in Fresno, California,
but the boy’s father, Dean Weaver, think it was the journey itself that interested the boy.
According to Dean, his son is fascinated by airplanes. “He’ll do anything to go to an airport,”
Dean said. “He want to be a pilot.”
Kenton did not own a credit card, passport, driver’s licence, or photo ID of any kind. Yet he was
able somehow to buy a plane ticket, go through airport security, fly to Chicago and catch his
connecting flight to San Jose without any problems. His father said it is possible Kenton used
the numbers from one of his own credit card to buy the ticket online.

READING

Un niño de 13 años conduce al aeropuerto y vuela por Estados Unidos.

Kenton Weaver tiene 13 años y no tiene identificación con foto. Pero eso no le impidió robar el
automóvil de su padre en medio de la noche, conducir más de 20 millas hasta un aeropuerto
de Florida y tomar dos vuelos de conexión a San José, California. "Realmente lo disfruté", dijo
Kenton.
La madre de Kenton, Kim Casey, vive a solo media hora del aeropuerto de San José en Fresno,
California, pero el padre del niño, Dean Weaver, cree que fue el viaje lo que le interesó. Según
Dean, su hijo está fascinado por los aviones. "Hará cualquier cosa para ir a un aeropuerto", dijo
Dean. "Él quiere ser piloto".
Kenton no era dueño de una tarjeta de crédito, pasaporte, licencia de conducir o identificación
con foto de ningún tipo. Sin embargo, de alguna manera pudo comprar un boleto de avión,
pasar por la seguridad del aeropuerto, volar a Chicago y tomar su vuelo de conexión a San José
sin ningún problema. Su padre dijo que es posible que Kenton haya usado los números de una
de sus propias tarjetas de crédito para comprar el boleto en línea.