US Edition'Home Alone' Vibes? Spanish Couple Ditches 10-Year-Old at Airport, Leaves for Vacation. Here's What Happened
CATALONIA, SPAIN, AUG 2 – The parents left their son at the airport after his expired passport and missing visa blocked his boarding, prioritizing their flight while arranging a relative to collect him, officials said.
- At Barcelona’s El Prat International Airport on Wednesday, a couple left their ten-year-old son behind after his boarding denial due to documentation issues, prioritizing their flight.
- Discovery of the child’s invalid passport and lack of visa during check-in prompted the boarding denial, leading parents to leave him behind at departure.
- Claiming they’d arranged for a relative, the parents left the boy in the terminal but airport staff spotted him alone and alerted police.
- Later, the parents were escorted to a police station after they were identified, with authorities locating them accompanied by another younger child.
- With over 300,000 views, the TikTok video from Lilian has drawn comparisons to past airport child abandonments and sparked public outrage.
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'Home Alone' vibes? Spanish couple ditches 10-year-old at airport, leaves for vacation. Here's what happened
After reaching the airport, the couple realized that they didn’t have the required travel documents for their kid so they decided to leave him behind in the airport terminal and continue with their vacation plans
Left on the ground by his own parents because his document had expired. Other than that Mom I lost the plane. It is the surreal story happened at the end of July to a child...
A 10-year-old was abandoned by his parents at Barcelona Airport for a problem with travel documents.
Boy, 10, reportedly left behind at airport so parents can make their flight · American Wire News
Given the choice between missing their flight and abandoning their child, an airport employee shared the alleged details of a couple’s decision overseas. “As a mother, I’d freak out.” Travelers in the United States may still be getting used to the REAL ID requirements that officially went into effect in May, but a couple in Barcelona, Spain, were said to have encountered a far more serious identification issue when departing for vacation. Accord…
Impossible to embark on an airplane for a visa problem, he was left by his parents at the terminal of Barcelona-El Prat airport. A 10-year-old was the protagonist of the misadventure. (ANSA)
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