Parents forget child at the airport

[Evil Chris]

Absolute nightmare! How can the parents let this sort of thing happen?

JERUSALEM - An Israeli couple going on a European vacation remembered to take their duty-free shopping and their 18 suitcases, but forgot their 3-year-old daughter at the airport, police said Monday.

The couple and their five children were late for a charter flight to Paris Sunday and made a mad dash to the gate. In the confusion, their daughter got lost.

Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said a policeman found her wandering in the duty-free area at Ben-Gurion airport, Israel's bustling main international air portal. He said the officer alerted airline staff, but the flight had already taken off.

Israeli media said the parents were an ultra-Orthodox Jewish couple but did not give their names.

Rosenfeld said the parents were unaware they had boarded the aircraft with only four children instead of five until they were informed by cabin staff after 40 minutes in the air.

The child, accompanied by an airline staffer, took the next flight to Paris where she was safely reunited with her parents.

Rosenfeld said police would question the couple when they return from vacation, on suspicion of parental negligence.

[Slippery]

Oh my God talk about a Home Alone kind of deal! How could that happen?

[Way3]

Originally Posted by Slippery

Oh my God talk about a Home Alone kind of deal! How could that happen?

I read that and can never understand how a parent to let that happen! Some people should not have kids!

[Panky]

It's just a good thing some sicko didn't notice the child was lost first.

[born2blog]

damn that is disturbing

[BigBrownKablooey]

When I was a kid, my Mom hates taking me out the house because I tend to wander off. Once she even used a dog collar and chains, and fastened the collar on my wrist. I remember people giving my Mom dagger looks. Hehehe.

[BigBrownKablooey]

If you watch the news, it's getting alarmingly frequent. Some even end up with a death.

[baddog]

While my parents never left any of us at the airport, I am sure it is only because we could never fly as a group. However, after a couple instances of kids being left behind, roll call was taken before we ever pulled out of the driveway.