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09/25/2003 - Updated 12:12 PM ET
With teddy bear grounded, school project won't take off
MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A teddy bear that was supposed to be a geography lesson for children in an after school program will not take off due to security issues.
"Travel Ted," a stuffed bear, was to be handed off between national and international pilots, who would send postcards "from Ted," telling the children his location.
However, Ted could not get clearance for airline flights, said Kellie Moorehead, director of the After Hours Academy for Kids at Madison Elementary School.
"I figured that once he made it through X-ray, that that would clear him," Moorehead said. "But Mesaba told us that the way they are set up now, they couldn't allow for Ted."
Mesaba Airlines operates as a Northwest Jetlink and Airlink partner under service agreements with Northwest Airlines.
A local Mesaba spokeswoman declined to comment Wednesday afternoon.
About 20 children, from kindergarten through fifth-grade, were at the airport last Friday, with leis and send-off signs when security personnel told them that Ted didn't have the proper credentials.
Moorehead said she had talked to local officials and thought Ted's flight plan had been approved. But the pilot told Moorehead that approval would have to come through the airline's headquarters
Moorehead said Ted will have to find another mode of transportation.
The kids are pretty disappointed," Moorehead said. "They don't understand. They say, 'He's just a teddy bear.'"
With teddy bear grounded, school project won't take off
MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A teddy bear that was supposed to be a geography lesson for children in an after school program will not take off due to security issues.
"Travel Ted," a stuffed bear, was to be handed off between national and international pilots, who would send postcards "from Ted," telling the children his location.
However, Ted could not get clearance for airline flights, said Kellie Moorehead, director of the After Hours Academy for Kids at Madison Elementary School.
"I figured that once he made it through X-ray, that that would clear him," Moorehead said. "But Mesaba told us that the way they are set up now, they couldn't allow for Ted."
Mesaba Airlines operates as a Northwest Jetlink and Airlink partner under service agreements with Northwest Airlines.
A local Mesaba spokeswoman declined to comment Wednesday afternoon.
About 20 children, from kindergarten through fifth-grade, were at the airport last Friday, with leis and send-off signs when security personnel told them that Ted didn't have the proper credentials.
Moorehead said she had talked to local officials and thought Ted's flight plan had been approved. But the pilot told Moorehead that approval would have to come through the airline's headquarters
Moorehead said Ted will have to find another mode of transportation.
The kids are pretty disappointed," Moorehead said. "They don't understand. They say, 'He's just a teddy bear.'"
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