6-Year-Old Ohio Girl Placed on 'No-Fly' List
An Ohio family recently learned their 6-year-old daughter was on the Department of Homeland Security’s 'no-fly' list, Fox8.com reported.
Alyssa Thomas, 6, was traveling with her parents when a ticket agent notified the family she was on the list of restricted fliers.
"We were, like, puzzled," said her father, Dr. Santhosh Thomas. "I'm like, well, she's kinda six-years-old and this is not something that should be typical."
When the family tried to clear up the issue with Homeland Security, they received a letter notifying them that it could not be changed.
"She's been flying since she was two-months old, so that has not been an issue," said Dr. Thomas. "In fact, we had traveled to Mexico in February and there were no issues at that time."
Transportation Security Administration told Fox8.com that Alyssa never had any problems before because the "Secure Flight Program" just went into effect in June for all domestic flights.
“The watch lists are an important layer of security to prevent individuals with known or suspected ties to terrorism from flying,” a TSA spokesman told Fox8.com.
The Thomas family plans to make another appeal to Homeland Security.
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Is she related to any militant group? :P *
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Source:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/26/year-old-ohio-girl-placed-fly-list/
It is traumatic, whatever it is.....
Rest of the Govts. need not be or are not as perfect as US Govt. given that it is the most developed country of the world... a mistake corrected and an apology provided can be accepted anywhere at best with a "Thank You"....to consider it impressive can be from Anglo Indian point of view only, as mentioned by Dot.com, when the reference is US or any western country for that matter.
Yes, because the rest of the governments in the world are perfect. I forgot that the US is evil and they are targeting six year olds with a vendetta. Sorry for my interruption, please carry on. :)
An act of idiocy isnt comparable..... an idiotic act is an idiotic act...and I don't find it impressive just because it got fixed in comparably less time....compare with whom, here we are talking of the most developed country of the world.
I don't see it as pathetic. Nothing is perfect. They made a mistake, got it fixed in a such a short time, offered their apologies to the family. If the same mistake was made by other governments, how long do you think the cases would drag on?
no happygolucky
its impressive from Anglo indian point of view ;)
deepb...whats impressive...its pathetic in the first place...:)
Yeah.... Impressive.
It was a mistake and they filed a complaint and got it fixed. Less than a week for problem resolution, impressive I think.
http://www.fox8.com/news/wjw-6-yo-removed-no-fly-list-mz-txt,0,1291471.story
Terrorphobia
Unbelievable !!!!
Could be a mistake peeps, whts the big deal in making it a big news..lol
is this some kind of a joke??
APP Report:
the suspect family has links with Taliban & Al Qaeda.
It is a Kerala family for sure from the name....
She might had a visit to Waziristan in the past.
This is insane.... How can a 6 year old girl can be a suspected terrorist.........