SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- The Mineta San Jose International Airport is about to get millions of dollars to beef up perimeter security.
The Federal Aviation Administration is giving the airport nearly $3.5 million to make it harder for people to sneak onto airport property.
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In five incidents over the past year, people have managed to get into supposedly secured areas of the airport.
In the most famous incident, a teenager managed to get onto the tarmac, hide in the wheel well of a jumbo jet and survive a flight from San Jose to Hawaii.
A plane taxis after landing at Mineta San Jose International Airport, Monday, April 21, 2014, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)