Security checks work says minister after fly list scare

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Sophia Sleigh

BRITAIN’S security system “is working,” the Government insisted today, despite a person on the no-fly list making it to Britain on an airlift from Afghanistan. The individual was reportedly cleared to board an RAF plane heading to Birmingham before checks in mid-air revealed they were barred from travelling to the country. The list is designed to block those who are considered a security threat from reaching the UK. The individual was stopped on arrival in the UK but later released after the Home Office determined they were not a person of interest. It also emerged that a further four people on the no-fly list tried to board mercy flights to the UK, but were stopped before take-off. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace told Sky News: “The no-fly list, pinged and the individual was identified so that is a plus side that it worked. I wouldn’t be as alarmed as some of the media headlines are about this individual and I would also take some comfort that the process is working.”