Kuwait airport security chief reprimanded after foreigner was able to sneak onto a minister's plane

The head of security at Kuwait International Airport and numerous high ranking officials have been penalised after a foreigner was able to sneak onto a minister’s plane, Kuwait Times reported.

The airport’s security director, his assistant, the manager of security surveillance, the preventive security officer, the chief of protocol and his assistant, heads of related departments and members of the force assigned to secure the government terminal were reportedly reprimanded.

An Asian national was caught on a flight that should have been secure for the Interior Ministry’s Undersecretary Lieutenant General Suleiman Al Fahad, the daily said.

“The minister was very decisive in handling the security breach,” high-ranking sources reportedly told the Kuwait Times.