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Boy with Tourette's refused flight for bomb remark

A 13-year-old boy from Essex who has Tourette syndrome was ejected by armed police from Gatwick Airport after he shouted the word 鈥榖omb鈥�.

Mason and his family from Harwich were refused entry by British Airways to a Spain-bound flight at the gate for what they said were safety risks.

His father has described the experience as 鈥渉orrendous鈥�, while BA said it was "an extremely difficult, complex and distressing situation.鈥�

Tom Larsen-Wright has more.

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