Prosecutors said the gate agent saw the defendant sitting in the jump seat behind the pilot and told him that if he was going to sit there he would have to go back to the check-in gate to complete paperwork and verifications.

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Around nine hours after being admitted, he went into a smoking yard at the back of the building and climbed over an eight-feet high gate.

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The ExpressJet plane was towed back to the gate, and the Scandinavian Airlines plane taxied back to the gate, where passengers disembarked, New York's WNBC-TV reported.

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So the U.K. government's 25-minute and 45-minute waiting-time targets don't include time to get from the gate to the back of the proper queue, or time spent being checked by an agent.

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While a few lucky or influential individuals waltz straight into the grounds with their pre-purchased tickets, most of the general public will head to the back of two very long queues for Gate Three.

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When I reached my own cottage, I parked the rig in the lay-by opposite and let myself in through the side gate, coming across the garden to the back door, which was always left unlocked.

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