Shock as child goes through airport security X-ray

THIS is probably the last thing security officers thought they’d find while scanning passengers’ bags at the airport.

SHOCKING footage shows the moment a child appeared to sneak onto an X-ray machine at an airport.

The incident allegedly happened at an airport in China when the child’s father looked away from his child briefly, The Sun reported.

In the video, taken from Chinese news network CGTN, the bemused dad is seen walking through security before he realises his son is no longer with him.

Subtitles on the video read: “Where is my son?”

The dad is seen walking through security at a South China airport. Picture: CGTN

The panicked dad is then seen looking for his son before the child eventually appears to come through the X-ray machine on the conveyor belt safely.

It is understood security staff at the airport confirmed the child passed through the machine after an X-ray was taken of him automatically. But The Sun Online has not been able to verify the footage independently.

His son then emerges from the X-ray scanning machine. Picture: CGTN

A Quora thread revealed that while airport scanners produce ionising radiation, the intensity “is too low to cause any effect on the human body”.

This isn’t the first time a human has gone through a baggage scanner.

Earlier this year a woman from China clambered onto a conveyor belt as she didn’t want to be split up from her handbag.

Shocked staff did not stop her as she clambered off and went to get her train at Dongguan, China.

It turned out he’d crawled through the X-ray. Picture: CGTN

The woman had happily put her suitcases through the machine before walking through the security checkpoint holding the smaller handbag.

Security staff told her that this bag would also have to be checked and she reluctantly circled back to the airport-style luggage scanner.

Staff helped the child off the machine. Picture: CGTN

She placed her purse on the conveyor belt and then climbed on herself so she could ensure the safety of her bag and the valuables inside.

It is unclear what the woman was carrying in her handbag but it is likely to have been wads of cash traditionally given as a gift for Chinese New Year.

And in June, a child was injured after climbing onto an airport luggage belt at Auckland International Airport.

This article originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission.