(KNSD/NBC) A father in San Diego is upset by the way TSA agents searched his 10-year-old daughter during a recent visit to an airport in North Carolina.
The pat-down took place Dec. 30 at Raleigh-Durham International Airport after agents found a juice box in the girl's carry-on luggage.
The juice exceeded the limit of three-ounces of liquids for carry-ons.
TSA agents frisked the girl, a process that took nearly two minutes. The child’s father, Kevin Payne, is calling it an over-reaction and inappropriate intrusion.
Payne said the whole situation was uncomfortable.
Although the pat-down lasted less than two minutes, the extra screening lasted about an hour.
In a written statement the TSA said procedures allow for the pat-down of a child in some circumstances and the pat-down of this girl "followed approved procedures."
“ I know it's to keep everyone on the plane safe but she kept patting me down … over and over," said 10-year-old Vendala Payne.
"Maybe the TSA agents were bad apples, maybe they were undertrained, maybe they need re-training, maybe they did everything by the book. I don't really know, but it was an uncomfortable situation," said father Kevin Payne.
Courtesy KNSD via NBC News Channel
