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Yahoo
08-08-2025
- Yahoo
Couple Allegedly Leaves 10-Year-Old Child Behind at Airport to Make Their Flight
According to police, the child wasn't allowed to board the plane due to issues with his documentation errorsNEED TO KNOW A couple leaving Barcelona allegedly left their 10-year-old child behind in the airport, per USA Today The boy was not allowed to board the flight due to documentation errors The public first heard of the incident through an airport employee's TikTok recounting the eventA couple allegedly left their 10-year-old child behind at an airport in order to make their Civil, Spain's national police, confirmed to USA Today the incident happened a few days ago at Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport. Per the office, the boy wasn't able to board the flight with his parents because of documentation errors. So, in an effort to not miss the flight, the parents boarded anyway. Mossos d'Esquadra, the local police, were first alerted to the incident who then alerted Guardia Civil. The police temporarily halted the flight in order to locate the family members. Once authorities found the parents, they were escorted off the plane and taken to the police station where the child was held for safety. Mossos d'Esquadra told the outlet the parents were reported for child abandonment. Neither Guardia Civil nor Mossos d'Esquadra immediately responded to to PEOPLE's request for comment. The public first heard of the incident through a July 27 TikTok posted by an airport employee named Lilian. 'I am an air coordinator,' the TikTok user, who goes by @limasin41, says in the clip translated from Spanish to English by the platform. 'As coordinator, I have seen a lot of things, but this has already been totally surreal.' Lilian went on to explain that the start of flight operations went completely normal. But when she went to drop off some paperwork, she learned the plane went back and parked. Lilian made her way to the aircraft and met the police. Authorities explained they learned from the boy that his parents were flying back to their country of origin after their vacation. Lilian then contacted the pilot who explained the situation to the passengers on board. But nobody fessed up. Then, Guardia Civil personnel boarded the plane and escorted the parents. According to Lilian, the explanation given to police was that the boy's passport from his country of origin had expired. Instead, he was traveling with a Spanish passport, but it was missing the required visa. So, the parents called a relative to pick up the boy while the parents boarded the aircraft. 'For them, they saw it very normal obviously,' Lilian said. 'I didn't see it normal and the police didn't see it normal either. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. After the parents were escorted off the flight and to the station, the rest of the flight proceedings continued as normal, according to Lilian. Lilian, who is a mother herself, said she couldn't imagine leaving her daughter alone when she was that age. 'I mean, I freak out as a mother,' she said. 'I remember when my little girl was little. I was losing it for a second.' Read the original article on People
Yahoo
07-08-2025
- Yahoo
Couple Allegedly Leaves 10-Year-Old Child Behind at Airport to Make Their Flight
According to police, the child wasn't allowed to board the plane due to issues with his documentation errorsNEED TO KNOW A couple leaving Barcelona allegedly left their 10-year-old child behind in the airport, per USA Today The boy was not allowed to board the flight due to documentation errors The public first heard of the incident through an airport employee's TikTok recounting the eventA couple allegedly left their 10-year-old child behind at an airport in order to make their Civil, Spain's national police, confirmed to USA Today the incident happened a few days ago at Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport. Per the office, the boy wasn't able to board the flight with his parents because of documentation errors. So, in an effort to not miss the flight, the parents boarded anyway. Mossos d'Esquadra, the local police, were first alerted to the incident who then alerted Guardia Civil. The police temporarily halted the flight in order to locate the family members. Once authorities found the parents, they were escorted off the plane and taken to the police station where the child was held for safety. Mossos d'Esquadra told the outlet the parents were reported for child abandonment. Neither Guardia Civil nor Mossos d'Esquadra immediately responded to to PEOPLE's request for comment. The public first heard of the incident through a July 27 TikTok posted by an airport employee named Lilian. 'I am an air coordinator,' the TikTok user, who goes by @limasin41, says in the clip translated from Spanish to English by the platform. 'As coordinator, I have seen a lot of things, but this has already been totally surreal.' Lilian went on to explain that the start of flight operations went completely normal. But when she went to drop off some paperwork, she learned the plane went back and parked. Lilian made her way to the aircraft and met the police. Authorities explained they learned from the boy that his parents were flying back to their country of origin after their vacation. Lilian then contacted the pilot who explained the situation to the passengers on board. But nobody fessed up. Then, Guardia Civil personnel boarded the plane and escorted the parents. According to Lilian, the explanation given to police was that the boy's passport from his country of origin had expired. Instead, he was traveling with a Spanish passport, but it was missing the required visa. So, the parents called a relative to pick up the boy while the parents boarded the aircraft. 'For them, they saw it very normal obviously,' Lilian said. 'I didn't see it normal and the police didn't see it normal either. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. After the parents were escorted off the flight and to the station, the rest of the flight proceedings continued as normal, according to Lilian. Lilian, who is a mother herself, said she couldn't imagine leaving her daughter alone when she was that age. 'I mean, I freak out as a mother,' she said. 'I remember when my little girl was little. I was losing it for a second.' Read the original article on People Solve the daily Crossword
Telegraph
26-05-2025
- Telegraph
Spanish police search for missing Briton after finding his abandoned van
Police in Spain are searching for a British man whose van was found abandoned near a popular beach resort on the Costa Brava coast. Matthew Chapman, 24, from Manchester, was reported missing by his family on April 30. Police said they found his van at a viewpoint on the road north from Tossa de Mar toward the town of Sant Feliu de Guíxols. After conducting a two-day search, police called it off on Thursday, a spokeswoman for Catalonia's Mossos d'Esquadra told The Telegraph. According to the Spanish news site police sources said Mr Chapman drove his van to France on May 1 via the Eurotunnel. 'Land, sea and air search' Signals from his two mobile phones showed him in both Spain and Portugal between May 2 and May 4, before being lost on the Costa Brava where his van was found. Catalan police linked the van to Mr Chapman's missing person file on Interpol. On Wednesday and Thursday last week, firefighters searched the area around the van with sniffer dogs and drones, but found no sign of him or a body. 'It was a land, sea and air search which took place on Wednesday and Thursday,' said a spokesman for Mossos d'Esquadra. 'The investigation into the missing man's whereabouts is continuing.'
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Yahoo
Huge search being carried out as Manchester man, 24, goes missing in Spain
A 'land, sea and air' search has been carried out after a man from Manchester disappeared on Spain's Costa Brava. The 24-year-old man has named locally as Matthew Chapman. It has emerged that he left the UK in a van which was then found 'abandoned' at a viewpoint overlooking the Mediterranean, near Tossa de Mar. The Catalonian resort is about 60 miles north of Barcelona and the same distance south of the French border. READ MORE: Tributes pour in as 'Manchester's number one legend' Arthur Donnelly dies READ MORE: More than 2,000 people in Greater Manchester asked to be able to vote for London's mayor - now the Government has responded family are said to have reported him missing on Wednesday, April 30. Police and firefighters launched a two-day search operation to look for him, earlier this week. A helicopter and drones were used before it was called-off late on Thursday. A spokeswoman for the Mossos d'Esquadra regional police force said: 'It was a land, sea and air search which took place on Wednesday and Thursday. The investigation into the missing man's whereabouts is continuing.' It is not clear what the police's next steps will be. Catalan news website El Caso reported last night investigators had discovered Matthew travelled to France on May 1 on the Eurotunnel and spent time in Portugal and Spain before his mobile phone signal petered out near Tossa de Mar around 60 miles north of Barcelona. Officers are said to be keeping an open mind on what could have happened to Matthew. The Mossos d'Esquadra force previously led the probe into rugby player and X Factor star Levi Davis' disappearance in Barcelona. The last confirmed sighting of Levi was of him leaving an Irish pub in the Catalan capital on the night of October 29 2022 after taking a boat from Ibiza with just £35 in his pocket and no change of clothes. The port search and another in the Llobregat Delta, one of Catalonia's most important wetland zones near Barcelona where police said at the time sea currents could have taken his body or items of clothing, failed to yield any clues. They were organised after four members of cruise liner MSC Bellissima, which docked in Barcelona around eight hours after the pub CCTV sighting, said they had seen a man in the sea wearing the same light-coloured top as Levi and shouting for help in English. A lifebuoy was thrown to him and coastguards in Barcelona mobilised their helicopter called Helimer 203 and a vessel called Salvamar Mintaka. A boat operated by firefighters was also sent to the scene along with police and Red Cross vessels but they were stood down after it was confirmed no-one was missing from the cruise liner and police confirmed no-one had been reported missing in port waters or in the sea off Barcelona. A British tourist went missing at Alicante airport at the end of March after a stag do in Benidorm before being found. Jason Taylor, 36, vanished as he waited for a flight back to Birmingham, sparking a police manhunt which had a happy ending nearly four days later on April 1 when he was spotted walking along a nearby beach. Police sources said after he was found that the fact he didn't have his mobile phone on him had caused him extra complications.
Daily Mail
26-05-2025
- Daily Mail
Hunt for missing British man launched by police after his van was found abandoned in Spain's Costa Brava
Spanish police are hunting a British man after his van was found abandoned at a viewpoint off the Mediterranean coast. The 24-year-old was named locally last night as Matthew Chapman from Manchester, almost a month on from his family reporting him missing on April 30. Earlier this week police launched a two-day search near the popular resort of Tossa de Mar involving a helicopter and drones before calling it off late on Thursday. Mr Chapman had travelled to France on May 1 on the Eurotunnel and spent time in Portugal and Spain before his mobile phone signal petered out around 60 miles north of Barcelona. A spokesman for the Mossos d'Esquadra regional police force confirmed a two-day search for the missing Brit was undertaken. She added: 'It was a land, sea and air search which took place on Wednesday and Thursday. 'The investigation into the missing man's whereabouts is continuing.' Officers are said to be keeping an open mind on what could have happened to Mr Chapman who according to Spanish reports had economic problems and was struggling to keep his car valet firm afloat. It not clear what Catalan police are now doing as part of their investigation. The Mossos d'Esquadra force also led the probe into rugby player and X Factor star Levi Davis' disappearance in Barcelona. The last confirmed sighting of Mr Davis was of him leaving an Irish pub in the Catalan capital on the night of October 29 2022 after taking a boat from Ibiza with just £35 in his pocket and no change of clothes. The port search and another in the Llobregat Delta, one of Catalonia's most important wetland zones near Barcelona where police said at the time sea currents could have taken his body or items of clothing, failed to yield any clues. They were organised after four members of cruise liner MSC Bellissima, which docked in Barcelona around eight hours after the pub CCTV sighting, said they had seen a man in the sea wearing the same light-coloured top as Levi and shouting for help in English. A lifebuoy was thrown to him and coastguards in Barcelona mobilised their helicopter called Helimer 203 and a vessel called Salvamar Mintaka. A boat operated by firefighters was also sent to the scene along with police and Red Cross vessels but they were stood down after it was confirmed no-one was missing from the cruise liner and police confirmed no-one had been reported missing in port waters or in the sea off Barcelona. A British tourist went missing at Alicante airport at the end of March after a stag do in Benidorm before being found. Jason Taylor, 36, vanished as he waited for a flight back to Birmingham, sparking a police manhunt which had a happy ending nearly four days later on April 1 when he was spotted walking along a nearby beach. Police sources said after he was found that the fact he didn't have his mobile phone on him had caused him extra complications. Tossa de Mar is about 60 miles north of Barcelona and the same distance south of the French border.
