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A couple reportedly left their 10-year-old son alone at Barcelona's El Prat Airport after he was denied boarding due to an expired passport and missing visa. The incident has raised questions about parental responsibility and airport security measures.The child was stopped at the airport during departure procedures when staff discovered his passport had expired. Additionally, he required a visa to travel, which he did not possess. Due to this, he was not permitted to board the plane.Instead of postponing their travel, the child's parents continued with their journey. They arranged for a relative to pick up the boy at the terminal. However, airport staff found the child alone before the relative could arrive.An air traffic coordinator named Lilian shared details of the event in a TikTok video. She said the child was left alone after his parents boarded the plane. The video has been viewed over 300,000 times.According to her, the boy told staff that his parents had already boarded the flight and were headed to their home country for vacation. This information prompted staff to alert the pilot of the plane.The pilot was informed by police that a child had been found in the airport car park. He asked passengers if anyone had left a child in the terminal, but no one responded.Authorities managed to identify the parents, who were traveling with another younger child. The police took them to the station where the 10-year-old had been taken.The parents allegedly told authorities they chose to leave their son behind because they did not want to lose their flight tickets. They claimed they had contacted a relative to collect the child.Lilian said in her video that both the airport staff and police did not consider the parents' actions normal. However, the parents did not appear to see any issue with their decision.Following the incident, airport staff had to remove six pieces of luggage belonging to the family. Lilian questioned how such a situation could happen, expressing concern about the time it might take for a relative to arrive.She explained that the child could have been waiting alone for up to three hours while his parents continued their trip without him.As of now, there is no confirmation on whether the parents were charged or cautioned by Spanish police. The family's nationality has not been disclosed. The claims remain unverified outside of the video shared by the air traffic coordinator.This case follows a separate recent incident in Turkey where a mother allegedly abandoned her newborn in an airport toilet.The child's passport had expired, and he lacked the necessary visa to travel with his Spanish passport.They left him at the terminal and boarded the flight. They called a relative to pick him up from the airport.
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