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| Passengers bypassed T5 security | Passengers bypassed T5 security |
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| International travellers entered the UK without going through security check-in the early days of Heathrow's Terminal 5, it has been revealed. | International travellers entered the UK without going through security check-in the early days of Heathrow's Terminal 5, it has been revealed. |
| The mistake was made by British Airways or staff from airport operator BAA after T5's chaotic opening in March. | The mistake was made by British Airways or staff from airport operator BAA after T5's chaotic opening in March. |
| Checks over three sets of passengers misdirected through domestic arrivals at the airport were later made against Home Office security lists. | Checks over three sets of passengers misdirected through domestic arrivals at the airport were later made against Home Office security lists. |
| The government said the inquiries found no passenger presented a security risk. | The government said the inquiries found no passenger presented a security risk. |
| In a written Commons answer, immigration minister Liam Byrne said: "On no occasion during these checks was there any security alert, and none of the passengers who entered the UK presented a known security risk." | In a written Commons answer, immigration minister Liam Byrne said: "On no occasion during these checks was there any security alert, and none of the passengers who entered the UK presented a known security risk." |
| International passengers were mistakenly ferried through domestic arrivals at the terminal on five occasions in March and April. | International passengers were mistakenly ferried through domestic arrivals at the terminal on five occasions in March and April. |
| The mistake was spotted in time on two occasions, but in the remaining three instances passengers left before they could be redirected through international arrivals and its security checks. | The mistake was spotted in time on two occasions, but in the remaining three instances passengers left before they could be redirected through international arrivals and its security checks. |
| Mr Byrne said British Airways supplied those passengers' details to allow UK Border Agency checks, as well as additional Metropolitan Police checks. | Mr Byrne said British Airways supplied those passengers' details to allow UK Border Agency checks, as well as additional Metropolitan Police checks. |
| The minister added that a review was ordered into the mistakes. | The minister added that a review was ordered into the mistakes. |
| The launch of the £4.3bn terminal was blighted by glitches in the new baggage-handling system that forced dozens of flights to be cancelled and saw thousands of bags stuck in a processing backlog. | The launch of the £4.3bn terminal was blighted by glitches in the new baggage-handling system that forced dozens of flights to be cancelled and saw thousands of bags stuck in a processing backlog. |