Boy, 11, with no ticket or passport flies to Rome

The 11-year-old boy didn’t have a passport, didn’t have a ticket, didn’t have a boarding pass, and somehow managed to get all the way from England to Italy.

Officials at Manchester Airport and at the airline Jet2.com said they were investigating how Liam Corcoran got aboard the flight to Rome, after running away from his mother at a shopping centre almost three miles away, and wasn’t detected until the cabin crew identified him during the flight.

“This is an unusual and serious breach and we are keen to find out what has gone on,” the government’s transport secretary, Justine Greening, said.