Paper Monitor
13:41 UK time, Thursday, 26 July 2012
A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.
Thoroughly approving of this glorious weather, Paper Monitor's urge to hop on a plane and get away from it all in on a balmy beach has been much less, um, urgent, of late.
Besides, travelling can be such a hassle. All the expense, intimidating border control staff, the "where IS my passport?"-related woes, etc etc.
No such problems for 11-year-old Liam Corcoran.
Sans passport, boarding pass, money and parental permission, the adventurous young chap managed to evade five security checks and hop on a Rome-bound flight at Manchester airport.
Ah, Roma! The history, the romance, the beauteous artefacts. But Liam's destination choice wasn't particularly considered. He'd run away, upset at being "ticked off" by his mum at a swimming lesson, and was looking for a loo, reports the Sun.
Ah.
Speaking exclusively to the paper, the "5ft lad", whose sheepish grin is splashed across the front page, explains how straightforward it was to sneak aboard and take to the skies.
"Getting on the plane was easier than doing my homework. I went in the toilet and sat there, but I couldn't get out. Then - whoosh! - we were going up in the sky."
The papers love this tale, not least for the punning opportunities.
, ventures the Daily Express over its interview with a friend of Liam's father:
"One of the security men at the airport found him before he got on the plane, but he still managed to escape. He's a little wriggler."
And the Daily Mail :
"I think he's going to be a bit of a hero among his friends for managing it."
puns the Daily Mirror (geddit?). Liam's father tells the paper that this trumps his son's previous travels, which have been less Roman Holiday and more Blackpool promenade in a tram.
"He has never flown before. The nearest he is going to get to planes in future will be an Airfix kit."
Ooh, model planes! Takes Paper Monitor right back.
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