Passport expired, the son remains on the ground. But parents don’t give up travel
A expired passport prevented a 10 -year -old boy from embarking on a flight departing from El Prat airport in Barcelona. The parents, however, have chosen to Don’t give up the trip and they left equally, leaving the son only at the terminal. The story, reported by various Spanish media, was also told by an employee of the airport, who witnessed the scene and given the alarm. The minor was found without supervision in the departure area; The police then intervened to reconstruct the incident and trace the couple, who in the meantime was already in flight.
Child abandoned at the airport? Check-in problems
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According to reports from the Spanish broadcaster Antena 3, the problem emerged at the time of Document control: the child had the expired passport And he could not embark on the country of destination, where a visa would have been necessary. At that point, The parents decided to continue the journey without him equally. After having verbally entrusted it to a relative, who should have come to take it, the couple got on board together with the youngest son of 3 years old. “The parents said they Don’t feel as if they had abandoned the minor. They didn’t feel like this because they said they had called an adult, an older brother, to take care of him, So abandonment is temporary“, the police inspector Serafin Giraldo said later.
The police intervention in Barcelona airport
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After noticing the child alone in the departure area, the airport staff immediately has the authorities alerted. Then, after collecting the first information, the police asked the commander of the aircraft, already in flight, to check if the parents were actually on board. Initially, the couple tried to avoid recognitionbut in the end it was identified. The plane was returned to Barcelona and the two were conducted in the police station. The authorities are now evaluating The legal position of the couplewhile i social services they were commissioned to start an investigation.
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