10-year-old girl's juice box prompts pat down by TSA at airport

Having a juice box in your carry-on luggage might mean you get an hour of extra screening at the airport, as a 10-year-old girl and her father discovered in late December.

Kevin Payne filmed his daughter being frisked by Transportation Security Administration officers on Dec. 30, and posted it to YouTube. He was at the Raleigh-Durham International Airportin North Carolina returning home to Pacific Beach, Calif.

Officers pulled her aside because she accidentally left a Capri Sun juice pouch in her carry-on bag, San Diego Union-Tribune wrote this week.

Though some of the footage is slowed down, the video shows his daughter, Vendela Payne, being pat down for about two minutes by an officer.

Payne wrote comments over the video as well, detailing the officer's motions and writing that the procedure made him "sick to his stomach."

"What was going through my mind is, 'This is annoying, I don't like this, I want to run out of the door,'" Vendela told NBC TODAY.

Her father said that the incident led to an additional hour of screening afterwards.

"I'm a very big proponent of security, and if they were patting me down no problem, but this was a 10-year-old girl," Payne told the Union-Tribune.

Despite Payne's outrage at the way TSAtreated them, the TSA said thepat down and screening is justified.

"TSA screening procedures allow for the patdown of a child under certain circumstances. The process by which the child was patted down followed approved procedures," Michael England, a TSA spokesman, told CBC News in a statement.

The spokesman addeda cellphone alarm began to ring inside the girl's bag, requiring additional measures, and thatmuch of the time was spent speaking with Payne regarding procedure.

Payne and his daughter madetheir flight despite the hour delay.

The TSAgives guidelines on its website onpreparingchildren for going through airport security. It also states that children have a modified screening procedure, including not examining footwear like they do with adults.

"TSA officers will consult parents or the traveling guardian about the best way to relieve any concerns during the screening of a child," according to thewebsite.

Payne, however, remaineddissatisfied with the TSA's response. He told NBChe intends to file a complaint.

"I think they could have done a better scrutiny of what they were looking for prior to putting their hands all over my 10-year-old daughter," he said.