The family
was forced to
repack their
overweight
luggage
before a
connecting
flight and
forgot the
child in the
confusion.
was forced to
repack their
overweight
luggage
before a
connecting
flight and
forgot the
child in the
confusion.
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Father flies back to recover 2-year-old at Vancouver airport
VANCOUVER
A Filipino family travelling hurriedly to Canada thought they had everything
under control – passports, boarding passes, luggage and all.
It all checked out and off they flew. What they didn’t realize was that they had
missed a small detail: They left their 23-month-old child behind.
The family had boarded a flight in westernmost Canada, and forgot their tot at
the Vancouver international airport.
VANCOUVER
A Filipino family travelling hurriedly to Canada thought they had everything
under control – passports, boarding passes, luggage and all.
It all checked out and off they flew. What they didn’t realize was that they had
missed a small detail: They left their 23-month-old child behind.
The family had boarded a flight in westernmost Canada, and forgot their tot at
the Vancouver international airport.
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Because the
boy was so
young, he was
not issued a
boarding pass
and would
have sat on a
parent’s lap
during the
flight
boy was so
young, he was
not issued a
boarding pass
and would
have sat on a
parent’s lap
during the
flight
The family had just arrived in Canada from the
Philippines, but they were forced to repack
their overweight bags before catching a
connecting flight to Winnipeg, causing them to
run late.
In their sprint to the gate, the family became
separated.
The boy’s father Jun Parreno, told local media
he had thought his son was with his wife and
the boy’s grandparents, who ran ahead. They
thought the boy was with his dad.
On the plane, the family members were
seated separately and so did not immediately
realise they had left the child behind.
Philippines, but they were forced to repack
their overweight bags before catching a
connecting flight to Winnipeg, causing them to
run late.
In their sprint to the gate, the family became
separated.
The boy’s father Jun Parreno, told local media
he had thought his son was with his wife and
the boy’s grandparents, who ran ahead. They
thought the boy was with his dad.
On the plane, the family members were
seated separately and so did not immediately
realise they had left the child behind.
Sometime later, a security guard found the boy, who speaks no English,
wandering near the departure gate, and Air Canada officials tracked down his
shocked parents on the flight.
Because the boy was so young, he was not issued a boarding pass and
would have sat on a parent’s lap during the flight, so airline personnel did not
notice a passenger was missing.
According to the Vancouver Sun, airport security found a Tagalog-speaking Air
Canada agent who looked after the child while his father flew nearly 2,300
kilometres back to Vancouver to pick him up and then return to Winnipeg.
The baby was kept in Air Canada’s offices and staff found him some toys. “Air
Canada took good care of him,” Parreno told the daily Winnipeg Free Press
upon arrival. “I’m grateful.”
wandering near the departure gate, and Air Canada officials tracked down his
shocked parents on the flight.
Because the boy was so young, he was not issued a boarding pass and
would have sat on a parent’s lap during the flight, so airline personnel did not
notice a passenger was missing.
According to the Vancouver Sun, airport security found a Tagalog-speaking Air
Canada agent who looked after the child while his father flew nearly 2,300
kilometres back to Vancouver to pick him up and then return to Winnipeg.
The baby was kept in Air Canada’s offices and staff found him some toys. “Air
Canada took good care of him,” Parreno told the daily Winnipeg Free Press
upon arrival. “I’m grateful.”
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