Parents ‘abandoned son, 10, at Barcelona Airport after his passport had expired so they wouldn't miss flight'
The couple jetted off from
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The alleged incident unfolded at Barcelona-El Prat Airport in Barcelona, Spain
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An air traffic coordinator at the airport made a TikTok video about the alleged incident
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An air traffic coordinator at the airport made a TikTok video about the alleged incident, slamming the young boy's parents.
She claims the child was forbidden from flying as his passport had expired and he also required a visa.
His parents then decided, instead of missing the flight, to get a relative to pick their son up so they could continue their onward journey.
But the couple's bizarre plan went awry after the airport staff found the young boy on his own and alerted cops, the air traffic coordinator claimed.
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She said in her video that has accumulated over 300,000 views: "He told them that his parents were on the plane on their way to their home country, going on vacation."
The couple were then found and taken to the airport's police station where their son had been brought to.
It is unclear whether they were arrested.
The TikToker said: "I'm an air traffic controller, and as a controller, I've seen a lot of things, but this has been completely surreal.
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"I'm amazed to think how parents could possibly leave their ten-year-old son at the terminal because he can't travel due to documentation issues.
"They call a relative, who might take half an hour, an hour, or three hours, and they calmly board the flight and leave the child behind."
Shock footage shows passenger slap woman for refusing to give up seat at airport sparking mass brawl
She added that she was "amazed" being a mother herself.
The claims made by the air traffic coordinator currently remain unconfirmed.
It comes after
Russian tourist Ekaterina Burnazkina, 29, was accused of giving birth in a disabled toilet at
's Antalya Airport before leaving the minutes-old infant and heading for passport control.
Prosecutors told
She only survived because a cleaner discovered her 12 minutes later and raised the alarm.
Security footage shows Burnazkina entering the lavatory alone and later rejoining her family.
She and her mother were later stopped at passport control and arrested last October.
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The family were flying from Barcelona
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