The family of missing teenager Shamima Begum, who is believed to be heading for Syria to join IS with two friends, has issued a plea for her to come home.
Shamima, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and another 15-year-old girl, who has not been named, were last seen on Tuesday morning as they left their homes in East London, telling their families they would be out for the day.
It has emerged they were questioned just two months ago after one of their classmates, also 15, travelled to Syria and yet they were still able to board a Turkish Airlines flight at Gatwick which landed at Istanbul on Tuesday evening.
Amid fears that the girls are also trying to cross the border into war-torn Syria to join Islamic State, Shamima's family issued a statement saying they miss her "terribly" and are "extremely worried" about her.
In a plea to the teenager, they said: "Please, if you hear this message, get in touch and let us know you are safe. We want you home with us. You belong at home with us.
"Syria is a dangerous place and we don't want you to go there. Get in touch with the police and they will help to bring you home. You are not in any trouble."
The family says that they understand Shamima has "strong feelings" and wants to help those she believes are suffering in Syria, but they added: "You can help from home, you don't have to put yourself in danger.
"Please don't cross the border. Please come home to us. Our Mum needs you home and is really worried. We are not mad at you, we love you."
The Metropolitan Police disclosed the three girls were questioned by officers in December as part of a "routine inquiry". According to The Times none of the three was subsequently monitored by counter-terrorism police.
It was only when their families raised the alarm that authorities discovered the girls had fled the country.
Sky News has also uncovered a tweet sent from Shamima Begum's Twitter account two days earlier, asking a friend already in Syria to follow her so they can start messaging privately.
The friend is understood to be a former private school pupil from Glasgow who travelled to Syria to marry a fighter.
In a statement the Metropolitan Police said they found "nothing" in December to indicate the girls were likely to flee.
It said: "There was nothing to suggest at the time that the girls themselves were at risk and indeed their disappearance has come as a great surprise, not least to their own families."
Turkish Airlines reportedly did not notify authorities that the girls had boarded the flight to Turkey - a known stop for would-be jihadists travelling to Syria.
Questions have now been raised over how the girls - who attended the Bethnal Green Academy school and were described as "straight-A students" - were able to leave the UK so easily.
Former Metropolitan Police border control officer Chris Hobbs told Sky News that checks for people departing from UK airports made it a "walk in the park for jihadis and girls like this" to leave.
"At the moment you go through security, you get on the plane, you might be checked by a private security guard," he said.
"Unless you're very unlucky you won't pass under the eyes of anyone from UK law enforcement.
"If you're on a watch list then you will ping the system. If you're not on the radar then the odds are you will get on the plane without too many problems."
The number of Westerners who have travelled to Iraq and Syria to join IS is thought to be about 3,000, including as many as 550 women, according to the London-based Institute for Strategic Dialogue.
Prime Minister David Cameron has told schools, colleges and universities they must play a role in stopping teenagers travelling to Syria to fight alongside Islamic State terrorists.
He added: "We all have a role to play in stopping people from having their minds poisoned by this appalling death cult."
Police have issued the following descriptions of the girls.
:: Shamima Begum, 15
Shamima is around 5ft 7in tall and was wearing black, thick-rimmed glasses, a black hijab, a light brown and black leopard-print scarf, a dark red jumper, black trousers and jacket.
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Gallery: Schoolgirls May Have Gone To Syria
Scotland Yard are trying to trace three teenage girls from the same East London school who are believed to have run off to Syria
CCTV captured images of the girls at Gatwick Airport
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