CHINA: Chinese Passenger Crawls Through Security Baggage Scanner

A Chinese man hurrying to catch a train that was about to depart from the station tried to save precious seconds at the security gate by leaping onto a moving conveyor belt with his bag and crawling through the scanning machine.

When the man stood up after passing through the machine on Sunday, security staff at Yujiabao Railway Station, in Tianjin, discovered that he actually had a valid ticket for a different train leaving the following day.

The man, whose name was not given in the report, was trying to quickly pass through the security checkpoint when officials told him he needed to have his bag scanned.

After being told to put his bag onto the conveyor belt the man complained that a further delay would cause him problems as he was in a rush to catch a train.

He then ran forwards and jumped onto the moving conveyor belt with his bag and crawled through the scanning machine.

Security staff warned the man about the need for the public to behave safely and responsibly when using the station’s security check-in desk.